Flat bronze hand engraved with strange letters 2,000 years old

Strange inscriptions on an ancient bronze hand are raising questions: Could this be the key to rewriting the history of the Basque language?

While excavating at an Iron Age site near Irulegi Castle, located in the city of Aranguren, northern Spain, archaeologists from the University of Barcelona unexpectedly discovered a strange ancient object. Photo: @University of Barcelona.

It is a bronze hand, a flat shape that the team has named the Irulegi Hand, and is estimated to be around 2,000 years old. Photo: @University of Barcelona.

"It is a bronze plate with an outstretched right hand and strange writing on the back," said Dr Mattin Aiestaran, director of the excavation. Photo: @University of Barcelona.

Its patina contains 53.19% tin, 40.87% copper and 2.16% lead, which is a common composition in very old alloys, this alloy dates back about 2,000 years. Photo: @University of Barcelona.

The Irulegi hand contains 40 symbols distributed over four lines, which can correspond to five or more words. Photo: @University of Barcelona.

The first word, 'sorioneku', is very similar to the modern Basque word 'zorioneko' (which means 'lucky'). Photo: @University of Barcelona.

"We could understand the first word, 'sorioneku', but we still couldn't decipher the next words," said Professor Joaquín Gorrochategui from the University of the Basque Country. Photo: @University of Barcelona.

It is likely that this artifact was designed to be hung on a door, possibly as an amulet. Photo: @University of Barcelona.

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