# Jakob Krall · Person

> Egyptologist, Vienna; identified the Zagreb mummy wrappings as Etruscan in 1892. In Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated.

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# Jakob Krall

Egyptologist, Vienna; identified the Zagreb mummy wrappings as Etruscan in 1892 **1857–1905.**

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

Jakob Krall is austrian Egyptologist (1857-1905) who in 1891-1892 examined the Zagreb wrappings in Vienna, recognised the script as Etruscan and reassembled the strips into a book. (1857–1905), and appears in the record of Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated as egyptologist, Vienna; identified the Zagreb mummy wrappings as Etruscan in 1892.

One event on the site involves Krall: Jakob Krall identifies the Zagreb mummy wrappings as the longest Etruscan text (1892).

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## In the mysteries

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

Egyptologist, Vienna; identified the Zagreb mummy wrappings as Etruscan in 1892 · 1 event

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

## What Jakob Krall did 1

1892[Jakob Krall identifies the Zagreb mummy wrappings as the longest Etruscan text](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/events/EVT0DEDV3XD41WF/jakob-krall-identifies-the-zagreb-mummy-wrappings-as-the)

at [Archaeological Museum in Zagreb (Arheološki muzej u Zagrebu)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/places/PLC0DEDSAN7SR2A/archaeological-museum-in-zagreb-arheoloski-muzej-u-zagrebu)

## Places 1

[Archaeological Museum in Zagreb (Arheološki muzej u Zagrebu)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/places/PLC0DEDSAN7SR2A/archaeological-museum-in-zagreb-arheoloski-muzej-u-zagrebu)

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## Sources 1

[Die etruskischen Mumienbinden des Agramer Nationalmuseums](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPEJZ5Y5V/die-etruskischen-mumienbinden-des-agramer-nationalmuseums)

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1857

Died

1905

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egyptologist

Identity

Austrian Egyptologist (1857-1905) who in 1891-1892 examined the Zagreb wrappings in Vienna, recognised the script as Etruscan and reassembled the strips into a book.

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

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