# The Pyrgi gold tablets (ET Cr 4.4 and 4.5, Phoenician KAI 277)

> 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…

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# The Pyrgi gold tablets (ET Cr 4.4 and 4.5, Phoenician KAI 277)

DocumentCC BY-SA 4.0C. 500 BC

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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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## Where it is kept

[Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/places/PLC0DEDSBJY0ACV/museo-nazionale-etrusco-di-villa-giulia-rome) · Museum

## Sources 3

- [Pyrgi B et la rédaction de la Tabula Cortonensis](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMRE41X6E/pyrgi-b-et-la-redaction-de-la-tabula-cortonensis)_SRC_
- [The Etruscan Texts of the Pyrgi Golden Tablets: Certainties and Uncertainties](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPDVYK1PE/the-etruscan-texts-of-the-pyrgi-golden-tablets-certainties)_SRC_
- [The Phoenician Text from the Etruscan Sanctuary at Pyrgi](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMR922WB0/the-phoenician-text-from-the-etruscan-sanctuary-at-pyrgi)_SRC_

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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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c. 500 BC

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