Etruscan Words
Tabula Cortonensis
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The Etruscans may be twenty-five words less mysterious because of the discovery of 40 lines of text from the second or third century BC. The tablet named Tabula Cortonensis, after the Tuscan town of Cortona where the tablet was found, is the third longest Etruscan insciption. Although discovered in 1992, the Tabula Cortonensis wasn't revealed by archaeologists until June 1999, when Angelo Bottini unveiled seven rectangular pieces inscribed on both sides and by two people. Bottini believes the fragments document a transaction between two families.
Twenty-five Etruscan words on the bronze fragments of the Tabula Cortonensis have never been seen before. Since Etruscan doesn't bear any known relationship to other Mediterranean languages it continues to mystify us. [See Common Errors (21): Etruscan Origins for a difference of opinion. Also see Paleoglot: Etruscan Glossary Draft 001.]
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