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Italic Script
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Paleographic Origins and Evolution
The ancestral relationship between Italic and Etruscan scripts is well-documented through archaeological finds. The earliest attested Italic inscriptions, dating to the 7th century BCE, exhibit a clear morphological correspondence with the Western Greek alphabet as adopted by the Etruscans, with several notable deviations reflecting phonological shifts within the Italic languages.
The Archaic Phase (c. 700–400 BCE)