Evidence From Archaeology
- In 1949, a Kerch amphora was found from Gnezdovo in Smolensk Oblast with the earliest inscription attested in the Old Russian language. The excavator has inferred that the word горушна (gorušna), inscribed on the pot in Cyrillic letters, designates mustard that was kept there. This explanation has not been universally accepted and the inscription seems to be open to different interpretations. The dating of the inscription to the mid-10th century suggests a hitherto unsuspected popularity of the Cyrillic script in pre-Christian Rus.
- Of the three Runic inscriptions found in ancient Rus, only one, from Ladoga, predates the Gnyozdovo inscription.
- The Sitovo inscription, discovered in 1928, has been theoretized to be a Slavic writing.
Read more about this topic: Pre-Christian Slavic Writing
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