Editing Etruscan language (section)

===Longer texts===
According to Rix and his collaborators, only two unified (though fragmentary) long texts are available in Etruscan:
* The ''[[Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis]]'', which was later used for mummy wrappings in [[Egypt]]. Roughly 1,200&nbsp;words of readable (but not fully translatable) text, mainly repetitious prayers probably comprising a kind of religious calendar, yielded about 50&nbsp;lexical items.{{sfn|Bonfante|Bonfante|2002|p=58}}
* The ''[[Tabula Capuana]]'' (the inscribed tile from [[Capua]]) has about 300&nbsp;readable words in 62&nbsp;lines, dating to the fifth century BC. It again seems to be a religious calendar.

Some additional longer texts are:
[[File:Sarcofago di arnth churcles, da norcia, tomba lattanzi, 300-270 ac ca., nenfro.JPG|thumb|250px|Sarcophagus of Arnth Churcles, a magistrate holding the title ''marunuch'' in [[Norchia]] (c. 300-270 BC), with the horizontal inscription between the lid and side [[relief]]<ref>Hillary Wills Becker, "Political Systems and Law," in ''The Etruscan World'', edited by [[Jean MacIntosh Turfa]] (Routledge, 2013), p. 355</ref>]]
* The inscription of 59 words on the [[Sarcophagus of Laris Pulenas]], also known as The Magistrate, dating from the third century BC, discovered in [[Tarquinia]], now residing in Museo Nazionale Archeologico (Tarquinia, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1291613/07d115818 | title=Sarcophagus of Laris Pulenas, Known as "The Magistrate"; 3/4 view of proper left, Head }}</ref><ref>Roncalli, F. (1996)  "Laris Pulenas and Sisyphus: Mortals, Heroes and Demons in the Etruscan Underworld," ''Etruscan Studies'' vol. 3, article 3, pp. 45-64.</ref><ref>Cataldi, M. (1988) ''I sarcofagi etruschi delle famiglie Partunu, Camna e Pulena'', Roma.</ref>
* The lead foils of Punta della Vipera have about 40&nbsp;legible words having to do with ritual formulae. It is dated to about 500&nbsp;BC.<ref>Brief description and picture at [http://www.comune.santamarinella.rm.it/museo/html/inglese/a151.html ''The principle discoveries with Etruscan inscriptions''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703093518/http://www.comune.santamarinella.rm.it/museo/html/inglese/a151.html |date=2007-07-03 }}, article published by the Borough of [[Santa Marinella]] and the Archaeological Department of Southern Etruria of the Italian government.</ref>
* The [[Cippus Perusinus]], a stone slab (cippus) found at [[Perugia]], which probably functioned as a border marker, contains 46 lines and about 130&nbsp;words. The cippus is assumed to be a text dedicating a legal contract between the Etruscan families of Velthina (from Perugia) and Afuna (from Chiusi), regarding the sharing or use of a property, including water rights, upon which there was a tomb belonging to the noble Velthinas.<ref>Jean MacIntosh Turfa (13 November 2014). The Etruscan World. Routledge. pp. 363–. {{ISBN|978-1-134-05523-4}}.</ref>
* The [[Piacenza Liver]], a bronze model of a sheep's liver representing the sky, has the engraved names of the gods ruling different sections.
* The [[Tabula Cortonensis]], a bronze tablet from [[Cortona]], is believed to record a legal contract between Cusu family and Petru Scevas and his wife concerning a real estate settlement of some sort, with about 200&nbsp;words. Discovered in 1992, this new tablet contributed the word for 'lake', {{Transliteration|ett|tisś}}, but not much else.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=Andrew |title=Lost Languages: The enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts |year=2002 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |isbn=978-0-07-135743-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780071357432/page/181 181] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780071357432}}</ref>
* The Vicchio [[stele]], found in the 21st season of excavation at the Etruscan Sanctuary at [[Poggio Colla]], is believed to be connected with the cult of the goddess [[Uni (mythology)|Uni]], with about 120&nbsp;letters. Only discovered in 2016, it is still in the process of being deciphered.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.smu.edu/research/2016/08/24/one-of-the-most-significant-etruscan-discoveries-in-decades-names-female-goddess-uni/ |title=One of the most significant Etruscan discoveries in decades names female goddess Uni |department=SMU Research |website=blog.smu.edu |access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Warden |first1=P. Gregory |title=The Vicchio Stele and Its Context |journal=Etruscan Studies |date=1 January 2016 |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=208–219 |doi=10.1515/etst-2016-0017 |s2cid=132587666 }}</ref> As an example of difficulties in reading this badly damaged monument, here is Maggiani's attempt at a transliteration and translation of a bit from the beginning of the third block of text (III, 1–3): (vacat) tinaś: θ(?)anuri: unial(?)/ ẹ ṿ ị: zal / ame (akil??) "for Tinia in the xxxx of Uni/xxxx(objects) two / must (akil ?) be..."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Maggiani |first1=Adriano |title=The Vicchio Stele: The Inscription |journal=Etruscan Studies |date=1 January 2016 |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=220–224 |doi=10.1515/etst-2016-0018 |s2cid=191760189}}</ref><ref>Maggiani, A. and Gregory, P. G. ''Authority and display in sixth-century Etruria: The Vicchio stele'' Edinburgh 2020</ref>
* The badly damaged Saint Marinella lead sheet contains traces of 80 words, only half of which can be completely read with certainty, many of which can also be found in the [[Liber Linteus]]. It was discovered during the 1963–1964 excavations at a sanctuary near Saint Marinella near Pyrgi, now in the Villa Giulia Museum in Rome.{{sfn|Bonfante|1990|p=28}}
* The [[Lead Plaque of Magliano]] contains 73 words, including many names of deities. It seems to be a series of dedications to various gods and ancestors.<ref>van der Meer, B. "The Lead Plaque of Magliano" in: ''Interpretando l'antico. Scritti di archeologia offerti a Maria Bonghi Jovino''. Milano 2013 (Quaderni di Acme 134) pp. 323-341</ref>