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Tabula Veliterna

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Definition: The Tabula Veliterna is the best known surviving inscription in the ancient Italic Volscian language. The 4-line tablet from the third century B.C. is bronze and was found in Velletri (Velitrae), which was an important Volscian town.
    deue declune statom. sepis atahus, pis uelestrom
    façia esaristrom se bim asif, uesclis uinu arpatitu
    sepis toticu couehriu sepu, ferom pihom estu.
    ec se cosuties ma ca tafanies medix sistiatiens.
    Selected Inscriptions
Source: T.J. Cornell The Beginnings of Rome

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