records-of-fortune:Boundary marker. Oscan. c. 300-100 BC.Terracotta boundary-marker, one of four use
records-of-fortune:Boundary marker. Oscan. c. 300-100 BC.Terracotta boundary-marker, one of four used to mark the confines of a sacred area, with stamps showing a helmeted Athena and a boar, with an Oscan inscription perhaps denoting a gift of money by the Virrii family.Oscan is an extinct language of Southern Italy. The term is also used to denote the people who spoke the language. It was spoken by a number of tribes (including the Samnites) between the approximate dates of 500 - 100 BC.It bears a resemblance to Latin, with some striking differences, and is known to us through inscriptions, the most important being the Tabula Bantina and the Tabula Osca. -- source link