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Celts?[edit]

I did not know there were "celts" in Bulgaria. What an occult nonsense is this? Regards to the "references" given bellow about the "Phyrgian" origin. The author of this site is not a linguist nor historian. Rather a pan greek chauvinistic clown.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.182.120.115 (talk) 11:59, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You will have to read the history of the celts more closely then. Something that you looks like are not familiar with. Many toponims in Bulgaria have celtic origin ( town ot Vidin, Danuabe) as they were here for short time. Nothing here has something to do with "greek" phrygians were not greeks but related to tracians. The origin of the writing is only hypotese of bulgarian scholars and lingyists that are cited ib bulgarian article too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nix1129 (talk • contribs) 21:48, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cave[edit]

I was there, it is definitely not a cave. It is the top of the wall of a rock, with a wider rock on top giving shelter to the inscription. I will add a picture to clear it up. Jeroen (talk) 16:23, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Jkransen: Agreed, definitely not a cave. Did it look at all as though it might have been an inscribed monument, as one visitor suggested? Doug Weller talk 16:54, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Doug Weller: It could be. It was a rather obscure place that took a bit of a steep climb. Not a place where you would write something for random passers by to read. Here is another picture with my daughter pointing up to the inscription: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkransen/28725699212/ Jeroen (talk) 05:38, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I saw a source mention

I saw a source mentioning the possibility but I wasn't sure about it and it was only one. Doug Weller talk 19:09, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Remove From Vinca Culture Category[edit]

So, this article is in the Vinca Culture category. But there's nothing there in the article with evidence of a connection to the Vinca. The inscription apparently isn't dated, so it could be fairly recent graffiti for all we know. Is there evidence of a connection to the Vinca archaeological horizon, or is this just speculation? If there's no peer-reviewed archaeological evidence of a connection, I propose removing it from that category. 2601:441:4400:1740:3177:7AD6:4BF8:3864 (talk) 02:37, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I read all 3 references cited. None of them mention the Vinca symbols, or the Vinca culture. None of them date the Sitovo inscription, not even the one that claims it's readable Phrygian. In any case, if it is Phrygian it isn't Vinca. I move to remove this from Category:Vinca Culture 2601:441:4400:1740:3177:7AD6:4BF8:3864 (talk) 02:49, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, I move that this should be removed from Category:Prehistoric Inscriptions, too. It hasn't been dated. Suggestions that it's Phrygian would put it in historic times, and it could be more recent than that. With no information, there shouldn't be any assumptions here about when it was made. 2601:441:4400:1740:3177:7AD6:4BF8:3864 (talk) 02:59, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Slavic?[edit]

It is claimed that amateurs and even professionals may have suggested it being Celtic, Slavic or Phrygian at the end of the article. I can see Celtic and Phrygian being pretty reasonable, but Slavic in the 4th century BC? What kind of professional or serious archeologist would come upwith such fringe idea? Is there a source there for this? Also why can't it just be Thracian? 95.237.212.73 (talk) 10:02, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]