Botorrita I

Botorrita I (TM 381531 ) is, together with two similar texts from Botorrita (Spain), one of the very few longer and well-preserved Celtiberian texts. Dated to the 2nd-1st century BC, the text probably is some kind of decree issued by an assembly of people whose names are listed. The fact that these texts were written down on bronze tablets suggests the influence of the Romans, who had conquered the area at the beginning of the 2nd century. The inscription was discovered in 1970 and is now preserved in the local museum in nearby Zaragoza, Spain.