Vinča script
The Vinča script is a cache of symbols found belonging to the Vinča culture of the central Balkans over 7000 years ago. The symbols have been a topic of debate amongst historians.
The Tărtăria tablets are three tablets discovered in 1961 in the village of Tărtăria(Hungarian: Alsótatárlaka). This is about 30 km (19 mi) from Alba Iulia in Romania.[10]The tablets, dated to around 5300 BC,[11] have symbols inclay: the Vinča symbols. Some claim they are a yet undeciphered language. If this is so, they would be the earliest known form of writing. In 1908 similar symbols were found during excavations, by Miloje Vasić (1869–1956) in Vinča. This is a suburb of Belgrade (Serbia), some 300 km from Turdaș. Later, more were found in another part of Belgrade. Since 1875 over one hundred and fifty Vinča sites have been found in Serbia alone. Many, including Vinča itself, have not been fully excavated. The culture of the whole area is called the Vinča culture. Although some of these symbols look exactly the same as some letters in Etruscan, Greek, and Aramaic,[12] they are generally regarded as a an original, independent development.[13]
Vinča Script Media
A modern drawing of a clay vessel unearthed in Vinča, found at depth of 8.5 meters.
Clay tablet, one of the Tărtăria tablets unearthed near Tărtăria, Romania, and dated to c. 5,300 BC (authenticity is disputed).[1]
Fragment of a clay vessel with an M-shaped incision.
Potsherd bearing an inscribed mark belonging to the corpus of Vinča symbols.
One of the Gradeshnitsa tablets.
Inscribed object from the Karanovo culture.[2]
