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title: Oldest Writing in Switzerland
author: Swiss National Museum
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Oldest Writing in Switzerland

_Authored by Swiss National Museum_

## Image File

[![Oldest Writing in Switzerland](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9880.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9880.jpg)

## Image Caption

Copy of funerary stela with inscription, Vira-Gambarogno, Ticino. 5th century BC. The name of the deceased reads from bottom to top: teromui kalui. Find our more: [The Oldest Writing in Switzerland](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2018/10/the-oldest-writing-in-switzerland/).

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, S. N. (2019, January 23). Oldest Writing in Switzerland. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9880/oldest-writing-in-switzerland/>
### Chicago
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### MLA
Museum, Swiss National. "Oldest Writing in Switzerland." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Jan 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9880/oldest-writing-in-switzerland/>.

## License & Copyright

© [Swiss National Museum](https://www.nationalmuseum.ch). Republished with permission. Original image by **Swiss National Museum**. Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 23 January 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.