# Massimo Pallottino · Person

> Etruscologist; editor of TLE and champion of the combinatory method. In Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated.

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# Massimo Pallottino

Etruscologist; editor of TLE and champion of the combinatory method **1909–1995.**

[Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language)[1 event][1 source]

Massimo Pallottino is italian Etruscologist (1909-1995), professor at Rome, who edited Testimonia Linguae Etruscae and made the combinatory method the standard of the field. (1909–1995), and appears in the record of Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated as etruscologist; editor of TLE and champion of the combinatory method.

One event on the site involves Pallottino: Three gold tablets, two Etruscan and one Phoenician, are excavated at Pyrgi (8 Jul 1964).

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## In the mysteries

**Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated**

Etruscologist; editor of TLE and champion of the combinatory method · 1 event

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language)

## What Massimo Pallottino did 1

8 Jul 1964[Three gold tablets, two Etruscan and one Phoenician, are excavated at Pyrgi](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/events/EVT0DEDV4GSV07G/three-gold-tablets-two-etruscan-and-one-phoenician-are)

at [Pyrgi (Santa Severa), sanctuary of Uni-Astarte](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/places/PLC0DEDSBBMXKT7/pyrgi-santa-severa-sanctuary-of-uni-astarte)

## Places 1

[Pyrgi (Santa Severa), sanctuary of Uni-Astarte](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/places/PLC0DEDSBBMXKT7/pyrgi-santa-severa-sanctuary-of-uni-astarte)

archaeological site

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## Sources 1

[Testimonia Linguae Etruscae. Second edition](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDM18DWPSC/testimonia-linguae-etruscae-second-edition)

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Born

1909-11-09

Died

1995-02-07

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epigrapher, editor, archaeologist

Identity

Italian Etruscologist (1909-1995), professor at Rome, who edited Testimonia Linguae Etruscae and made the combinatory method the standard of the field.

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

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