Event · Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated

Three gold tablets, two Etruscan and one Phoenician, are excavated at Pyrgi

On 8 July 1964 the Rome University excavation led by Massimo Pallottino and Giovanni Colonna finds the three gold laminae folded in a pit between Temples A and B at Pyrgi, the only Etruscan text paired with another language.

Happened to 1

Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated

MYS

Involves 1

Massimo Pallottino

Person

FIG

At 1

Pyrgi (Santa Severa), sanctuary of Uni-Astarte

Place

PLC

Cites 1

The Phoenician Text from the Etruscan Sanctuary at Pyrgi

SRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Three gold tablets, two Etruscan and one Phoenician, are excavated at Pyrgi [Event EVT0DEDV4GSV07G]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDV4GSV07G

@misc{mysteriesdept_evt0dedv4gsv07g,
  title     = {Three gold tablets, two Etruscan and one Phoenician, are excavated at Pyrgi},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Event, catalog key EVT0DEDV4GSV07G},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDV4GSV07G}
}