The Tabula Cortonensis, or the Cortona Tablet in English, is a 2500-year-old artifact found in the ancient city of Cortona, Italy in 1992.

It is the third longest Etruscan inscription so far found. This artifact was cast in bronze containing a long 32-line inscription in Etruscan. It was found in Cortona in 1992, a city known to the Etruscans as Curtun.

Contents of the artifact

01: et . petruiš . sce^*veš . eliuntš . v

02: inac . restmc . cen^*u . tenθur . šar . cus

03: uθuraš . larisalisula . pesc . spante . tenθur .

04: sa šran . šarc . clθii . tersna . θui . spanθi . ml

05: ešieθic . rašnas IIIC inni . pes . petruš . pav

06: ac . traulac . tiur . ten. tenθa[š . zacinat . pr

07: iniserac . zal \\ cš . esiš vere cusuθuršum . p

08: es. petrušta . scev[aš \\ nuθanatur . lart petr

09: uni . arnt . pini . lart . ^*ipi . lusce . laris . salini .v

10: etnal . lart . velara . larθalisa . lart velara

11: aulesa . vel . pumpu . pruciu . aule celatina . se

12: tmnal . arnza . felšni . velθinal . vel . luisna

13: lusce . vel uslna . nufresa . laru . slanzu . larz

14: a lartle vel aveš arnt . petru . raufe \\ epru

15: š . ame . velχe . cusu larisal . cleniarc . laris

16: . l[arisalisa larizac clan . larisal . petr

17: u . sce^*š arntlei . petruš . puia

18: cen . zic . ziχuχe . sparzeštiš šazleiš in

19: θuχti . cusuθuraš . suθiu . ame . tal suθive

20: naš . ratm . θuχt . cešu . tl teltei . sianš . spa

21: rzete . θui . saltzic . fratuce . cusuθuraš . la

22: risalisula . petrušc . scevaš . pesš . tarχian

23: eš \\ cnl . nuθe . malec . lart . cucrina . lausisa .

24: zilaθ meχl . rašnal ^*ris . celatina lau

25: sa . arnt luscni [arnθal . clanc . larz

26: a . lart . turmna . salin. larθ celatina . a

27: pnal . cleniarc . velχe^***

28: šerc . velχe . cusu . aule^**

29: aninalc . laris . fuln^**

30: rc . lart . petce . uslnal^**

31: inaθur . tecsinal . vel^*

32: uš . larisc . cus . uslna^**

See also

• Cortona - The modern city in which this artifact was found.
• Liber Linteus - An Etruscan inscription.
• Cippus perusinus - An Etruscan inscription.
• Pyrgi Tablets - An Etruscan inscription.
• Etruscan civilization
• Lemnian language
• Eteocypriot
• Eteocretan
• Etruria

External links

• Curtun (Modern Cortona) Information about the ancient city of Curtun as well as details about this artifact found there.

Etruscans