La estela ibérica de Sinarcas: Una interpretación esencialmente éuskara y su base

Abstract

Even though the main purpose of the article is an interpretation of the iberian text inscribed on the stele from Sinarcas (Valencia, Spain) by means of lexemata from euskara and grammatical affixes from nostratic languages, it dedicates a large amount of space to the defense of its methodological base.

A first part treats the problem from a purely linguistic point of view, limited to the Spanish territory, and comes to the conclusion that euskara must preserve a large number of lexemata found in iberian, whatever the relation between both languages. It also explains why iberian remained so impenetrable, notwithstanding the preceding.

In a second part the possible relationship between basque and iberian is examined from an anthropological point of view. This study has found a multitude of cultural (archeological and linguistc) and genetic traces of iberian or euskaroid migrations from the Caucasus to the mediterranean space, and further on to northwestern Europe. It also detected endings and affixes that are common to very distinct branches of the nostratic family and to euskara, a fact that makes the use of such elements for completing the arsenal of tools for deciphering iberian all the more acceptable.

Finally, the article proposes an interpretation of the iberian text compatible with its function on a funeral stele.