# What do the Tabula Cortonensis and the Cippus Perusinus record? · Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated > One answer has been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. One is still possible. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/questions/QST0DEDYN46C7BJ/what-do-the-tabula-cortonensis-and-the-cippus-perusinus Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) Updated: 2026-10-31T15:51:00+00:00 --- **0** # What do the Tabula Cortonensis and the Cippus Perusinus record? Asked 31 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·1 answer·0·0 following **One answer, none ahead** None is ahead yet. See what would settle it. ## Where it stands One answer has been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. One is still possible. ## Why it matters The Cortona tablet names the Cusu family and Petru Scevas, lists witnesses and uses numerals and land terms, and its editors read it as a record of a land transaction⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMD4ADC7M/tabula-cortonensis)⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMDN8NGVF/review-of-l-agostiniani-and-f-nicosia-tabula-cortonensis). The Perugia stone names the Velthina and Afuna families with boundary vocabulary and is read as a contract or boundary agreement⁠[[3]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKQRT230M/zikh-rasna-a-manual-of-the-etruscan-language-and). In both the names and numerals are secure and the verbs and legal terms are argued. ## Answers 1 [**Both texts are legal records concerning land: the Cortona tablet a transaction between the Cusu family and Petru…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/answers/ANS0DEEBHWDJQ28/both-texts-are-legal-records-concerning-land-the-cortona) Evidence for it, no test yet Evidence: 2 for Still possible ## History 1. 2000[Luciano Agostiniani: the Cortona tablet's family names, numerals, land terms and witness lists support its reading as a land transaction, a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMD4ADC7M/tabula-cortonensis)For: Both texts are legal records concerning land: the Cortona tablet a transaction between the Cusu family and Petru… 1. 2000[Rex E. Wallace: the Cortona tablet's family names, numerals, land terms and witness lists support its reading as a land transaction, a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMDN8NGVF/review-of-l-agostiniani-and-f-nicosia-tabula-cortonensis)For: Both texts are legal records concerning land: the Cortona tablet a transaction between the Cusu family and Petru… 1. 2006[Koen Wylin: the drafting formulae of the Cortona tablet have parallels in the shorter Pyrgi tablet B, showing a shared formal…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMRE41X6E/pyrgi-b-et-la-redaction-de-la-tabula-cortonensis)For: Both texts are legal records concerning land: the Cortona tablet a transaction between the Cusu family and Petru… 1. Oct 2026[Session 1: raised the question and proposed one answer](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/SES0DEEDJQ88JGD/session-1-etruscan-seeded-corpus-readings-and-open-data) ## Discussion 0 [Add to the discussion](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/etruscan-language/questions/QST0DEDYN46C7BJ/what-do-the-tabula-cortonensis-and-the-cippus-perusinus%23discussion) Help with this question [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ] [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/etruscan-language/questions/QST0DEDYN46C7BJ/what-do-the-tabula-cortonensis-and-the-cippus-perusinus%23add-answer) [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ] [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/etruscan-language/questions/QST0DEDYN46C7BJ/what-do-the-tabula-cortonensis-and-the-cippus-perusinus%23add-evidence) [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ] [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/etruscan-language/questions/QST0DEDYN46C7BJ/what-do-the-tabula-cortonensis-and-the-cippus-perusinus%23add-question) [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ] [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/etruscan-language/questions/QST0DEDYN46C7BJ/what-do-the-tabula-cortonensis-and-the-cippus-perusinus%23add-source) Where it fits Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated **What do the Tabula Cortonensis and the Cippus Perusinus record?** Key question · you're here [ Ask a question under this one ]