The principle discoveries with Etruscan inscriptions

The archaeological exhibits, which have Etruscan language inscriptions, there are only a few and are important to remember the main ones.

The mummy of Zagabria

In the second half of the last century a traveller Croat took to Europe from Egypt a female mummy. It must have been a woman that immigrated to Egypt, perhaps a wife or daughter of an Etruscan. Since she was bound with linen, that also was a book written in Etruscan which in Latin was called volumen. The legible words are around about 200,000, also it has been reconstructed the text but those different are not more than 500 with many repeats. It is a ritual expressed in form of a calendar, a sort of scared book, that prescribed certain days and months of the celebrations in favour of the certain Gods. The mummy is now in custody of the Archaeological Museum of Zagabria.

The tile of Capua

The so-called tile of Capua was found at Santa Maria Capua Vetere and dates back to the V or IV century B.C. It has engraved sixty-two lines alternatively over turned (process called Bustrophedic). The legible words are around about 300 also this text is characteristically religious and prescribed, with reference to funeral rites.

The lead foils of Punta della Vipera

From the remains of the Etruscan sanctuary of the Punta della Vipera, at Santa Marinella, a foil of lead, with tiny inscriptions on both sides, came to light, there are around about 80 words, of which only 40 are legible, of dubious understanding. It seems that it is an oracle or a group of ritual formulas, it dates back to the VI or V century B.C.

The lead foil of Magliano

At Magliano in the Borough of Grosseto and was found a lead foil on which two faces, spiral from the external towards the internal are inscribed about 70 words. Probably dates back to the V century and allude offers to be enclosed in different periods to various divinities.

The gold foil of Pyrgi

At Santa Severa, a Borough of Santa Marinella, in the sanctuary of Pyrgi, there have been found three gold foils, in which two are inscribed in Etruscan and one Punic. The Punic inscription is longer than the two Etruscan, which together contain 50 words. Having in front of us a document partially bilingual. The part that is bilingual is dedicated to the Goddess Uni-Ansarte; the other refers to ceremonies linked always to that event.