# The Lemnos stele (Kaminia stele)

> A funerary stele of about 550 BC found in 1885 built into a church at Kaminia on Lemnos, carved with a warrior's bust and 33 words in a Greek-derived…

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# The Lemnos stele (Kaminia stele)

ObjectC. 550 BC

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A funerary stele of about 550 BC found in 1885 built into a church at Kaminia on Lemnos, carved with a warrior's bust and 33 words in a Greek-derived alphabet in a language closely related to Etruscan. With the second Lemnian text found at Hephaistia in 2009 it is the main evidence for the Tyrsenian family and for the Aegean side of the Etruscan origin debate.

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## Sources 3

- [La nuova iscrizione tirsenica di Efestia](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMS9YNSF9/la-nuova-iscrizione-tirsenica-di-efestia)_SRC_
- [Neues zur Sprache der Stele von Lemnos (Erster Teil)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPCQA88RA/neues-zur-sprache-der-stele-von-lemnos-erster-teil)_SRC_
- [Rätisch und Etruskisch](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMRTJYSBZ/ratisch-und-etruskisch)_SRC_

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Lemnos stele (Kaminia stele) [Artifact ART0DEDWC1SWG4G]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDWC1SWG4G
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Object

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National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Dated

c. 550 BC

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[Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language)

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