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The ”’Bashplemi Lake Tablet”’ was found near Lake Bashplemi in the [[Dmanisi]] region of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. Made of [[basalt]] and thought to date to around the first millennium BCE, it is inscribed with a previously unknown writing system, at least 60 characters in length.<ref name=shengelia>{{cite journal |last1=Shegelia |first1=Ramaz |last2=Gordeziani |first2=Levan |last3=Tushabramishvili |first3=Nikoloz |last4=Poporadze |first4=Nodar |last5=Zourabichvili |first5=Othar |display-authors=2 |title=Discovery Of Unknown Script Characters In Georgia: The Bashplemi Lake Tablet |journal=Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology |volume=11 |issue=3 |date=2024 |doi=10.14795/j.v11i3.1035|pages=96–113 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=”tablet”>{{Cite web |last=Radley |first=Dario |date=2024-12-04 |title=Mysterious tablet with unknown language unearthed in Georgia |url=https://archaeologymag.com/2024/12/tablet-with-unknown-language-unearthed-in-georgia/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Archaeology News Online Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> |
The ”’Bashplemi Lake Tablet”’ was found near Lake Bashplemi in the [[Dmanisi]] region of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. Made of [[basalt]] and thought to date to around the first millennium BCE, it is inscribed with a previously unknown writing system, at least 60 characters in length.<ref name=shengelia>{{cite journal |last1=Shegelia |first1=Ramaz |last2=Gordeziani |first2=Levan |last3=Tushabramishvili |first3=Nikoloz |last4=Poporadze |first4=Nodar |last5=Zourabichvili |first5=Othar |display-authors=2 |title=Discovery Of Unknown Script Characters In Georgia: The Bashplemi Lake Tablet |journal=Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology |volume=11 |issue=3 |date=2024 |doi=10.14795/j.v11i3.1035|pages=96–113 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=”tablet”>{{Cite web |last=Radley |first=Dario |date=2024-12-04 |title=Mysterious tablet with unknown language unearthed in Georgia |url=https://archaeologymag.com/2024/12/tablet-with-unknown-language-unearthed-in-georgia/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Archaeology News Online Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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1st millennium BCE tablet from Georgia
The Bashplemi Lake Tablet was found near Lake Bashplemi in the Dmanisi region of Georgia. Made of basalt and thought to date to around the first millennium BCE, it is inscribed with a previously unknown writing system, at least 60 characters in length.[1][2]
The tablet was found in 2021[3][4] by a group of local fishermen.[5]
The tablet’s archaeological context suggests it dates back to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age.[1]
The tablet measures 24.1 by 20.1Â cm and seems to be made from locally sourced vesicular basalt.[5][1]
The carving was made with a conical drill and then smoothed.[2]
There are 39 unique characters in seven horizontal lines. They show some similarities with other early scripts, particularly the proto-Kartvelian script, but also the Colchian runes, the Grakliani Hill script and Asomtavruli.[2][1]
