The Pyrgi gold tablets: photo

Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

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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PhotoSailko · commons.wikimedia.org · 2017-09-26 · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

Where it's published

Where it is kept

Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome · Museum

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Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The Pyrgi gold tablets: photo [Copy CPY0DEDWT9215BA]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0DEDWT9215BA

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  title     = {The Pyrgi gold tablets: photo},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Artifact, catalog key CPY0DEDWT9215BA},
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