MysteriesEtruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translatedArtifactsThe Pyrgi gold tablets (ET Cr 4.4 and 4.5, Phoenician KAI 277)
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The Pyrgi gold tablets (ET Cr 4.4 and 4.5, Phoenician KAI 277)
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Three gold sheets of about 500 BC, found folded with their fixing nails in 1964 between Temples A and B at Pyrgi, the port of Caere. Tablet A (16 lines, Etruscan) and the Phoenician tablet both record Thefarie Velianas, ruler of Caere, dedicating a shrine to Uni, identified with Astarte; tablet B (9 lines, Etruscan) is a shorter related text. The Phoenician reads securely but the Etruscan is a parallel dedication, not a translation, so the pair fixed only a few Etruscan words.
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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Pyrgi gold tablets (ET Cr 4.4 and 4.5, Phoenician KAI 277) [Artifact ART0DEDWBH90E9F]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDWBH90E9F
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year = {2026},
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