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Both texts are legal records concerning land: the Cortona tablet a transaction between the Cusu family and Petru…

Both texts are legal records concerning land: the Cortona tablet a transaction between the Cusu family and Petru Scevas before witnesses, the Perugia stone an agreement between the Velthina and Afuna families.

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Where it stands

Still possibleTwo pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Further legal texts will repeat the same formulae for transfer and witness.
  • The terms read as land units will recur with numerals.

What would rule it out

  • The witness lists prove to be lists of dedicants or of the dead.

Evidence 2 for · none against

The questions it answers

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Both texts are legal records concerning land: the Cortona tablet a transaction between the Cusu family and Petru… [Answer ANS0DEEBHWDJQ28]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEEBHWDJQ28
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