# The bronze hand of Irulegi

> A life-size bronze right hand, probably hung at a doorway, with four lines of text in a variant of the Palaeohispanic script. Its editors read it as…

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**ART** 0D6C3DMW1RMF·Artifact · object

# The bronze hand of Irulegi

PhotographCC BY-SA 4.0Iron Age; found 2021 in a house destroyed in the 1st century BC

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A life-size bronze right hand, probably hung at a doorway, with four lines of text in a variant of the Palaeohispanic script. Its editors read it as Vasconic and compare the first word, sorioneku, with Basque zorion, "good fortune"; a comparative-method test found the evidence inconclusive.

José Luis Larrión, Museum of Navarre, 2021. CC BY-SA 4.0

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**Photo** José Luis Larrión, Museum of Navarre · commons.wikimedia.org · 2026-04-21 · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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**Transcription** ARGIA · commons.wikimedia.org · 2022-11-19 · CC BY-SA 4.02 steps from the original

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**Picture** José Luis Larrión, Museum of Navarre · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CE004840_Mano_de_Irulegi.jpg)

**Document** Aiestaran et al. · doi.org · 2024-02 · publisherPrimary source: [A Vasconic inscription on a bronze hand: writing and rituality in the Iron Age Irulegi settlement in the Ebro Valley](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6C2YRA0YA5/a-vasconic-inscription-on-a-bronze-hand-writing-and)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.199)

## Where it was made

[Irulegi, Aranguren valley, Navarre](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D6C30PT3BWH/irulegi-aranguren-valley-navarre) · Iron Age settlement

## Sources 1

- [A Vasconic inscription on a bronze hand: writing and rituality in the Iron Age Irulegi settlement in the Ebro Valley](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6C2YRA0YA5/a-vasconic-inscription-on-a-bronze-hand-writing-and)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The bronze hand of Irulegi [Artifact ART0D6C3DMW1RMF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D6C3DMW1RMF
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**ART** 0D6C3DMW1RMF

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Object

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Museum of Navarre, Pamplona

Dated

Iron Age; found 2021 in a house destroyed in the 1st century BC

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CC BY-SA 4.0

Place

[Irulegi, Aranguren valley, Navarre](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D6C30PT3BWH/irulegi-aranguren-valley-navarre)

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[Iberian language and Palaeohispanic scripts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/iberian-language)

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