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1 Interpretation
2 Physical description
3 Text
- 3.1 Contents
4 Sources
- 4.1 Bibliography
5 Notes and references
6 See also
7 External links

Interpretation

The tablet is thought by some scholars like Larissa Bonfante and Nancy De Grummond to be a notarized record of the division of an inheritance or sale of real estate consisting of a vineyard (cf. lines 1 and 2: vinac), cultivated land (line 2: restm-c), and an estate located in the territory of Lake Trasimeno (cf. lines 35 and 36: celti nɜitisś tarsminaśś). The lake lies east of Cortona in modernday Western Umbria.

Physical description

The tablet measures 50 centimetres (20 in) by 30 centimetres (12 in), and is about between 2 millimetres (0.079 in) and 3 millimetres (0.12 in) thick.^{[citation needed]}

When discovered, the tablet had been broken into eight pieces, of which only seven have been found (Larissa & Giuliano Bonfante. The Etruscan Language, p. 179. 2002). The missing piece is believed by Etruscanists to contain only names and not details of the estate.

Text

The text contains thirty-four known Etruscan words and an equal number of previously unattested Etruscan words. Moreover, a new alphabetic sign Ǝ (a reversed epsilon) is present on the tablet. This implies that, at least in the Etruscan dialect spoken in Cortona where this letter exclusively appears, the letter Ǝ marks a different sound from that of the letter E (Larissa & Giuliano Bonfante. The Etruscan Language, pp. 178-9. 2002).

The following transcribes the special reversed epsilon as ɜ:

On the front 01: et . pɜtruiś . scɜvɜś . ɜliuntś . v 02: inac . restmc . cenu . tɜnθur . śar . cus 03: uθuraś . larisalisula . pesc . spante . tɜnθur . 04: sa . śran . śarc . clθii . tɜrsna . θui . spanθi . ml 05: ɜśieθic . raśnas IIIIC inni . pes . pɜtruś . pav 06: ac . traulac . tiur . tɜn[θ]urs . tɜnθa[ś] . zacinat . pr 07: iniserac . zal \\ cś . ɜsiś vere cusuθurśum . p 08: es . pɜtruśta . scɜv[aś] \\ nuθanatur . lart pɜtr 09: uni . arnt . pini . lart . [v]ipi . lusce . laris . salini .v 10: ɜtnal . lart . vɜlara . larθalisa . lart vɜlara 11: aulesa . vɜl . pumpu . pruciu . aule cɜlatina . sɜ 12: tmnal . arnza . fɜlśni . vɜlθinal . vɜl . luisna 13: lusce . vɜl uslna . nufresa . laru . slanzu . larz 14: a lartle vɜl aveś arnt . pɜtru . raufe \\ ɜpru 15: ś . ame . vɜlχe . cusu larisal . cleniarc . laris 16: [c]usu . l[a]risalisa larizac clan . larisal . pɜtr 17: u . scɜ[va]ś arntlei . pɜtruś . puia 18: cen . zic . ziχuχe . sparzɜśtiś śazleiś in 19: θuχti . cusuθuraś . suθiu . ame . tal suθive 20: naś . ratm . θuχt . ceśu . tl teltɜi . sianś . spa 21: rzɜte . θui . saltzic . fratuce . cusuθuraś . la 22: risalisula . pɜtruśc . scɜvaś . pesś . tarχian 23: eś \\ cnl . nuθe . malec . lart . cucrina . lausisa . 24: zilaθ meχl . raśnal [la]ris . cɜlatina lau 25: sa [cla]nc . arnt luscni [a]rnθal . clanc . larz 26: a . lart . turmna . salin[ial . larθ cɜlatina . a] 27: pnal . cleniarc . vɜlχe[ś][...][papal] 28: śerc . vɜlχe . cusu . aule[sa][...] 29: aninalc . laris . fuln[...][clenia] 30: rc . lart . pɜtce . uslnal[...][cucr] 31: inaθur . tɜcsinal . vɜl[...] 32: uś . larisc . cus . uslna[l][...] On the back 33: aule salini . cusual 34: zilci . larθal . cusuś . titinal 35: larisalc . saliniś . aulesla . celti nɜitis 36: ś . tarsminaśś . sparza in θuχt ceśa . 37: ratm . suθiu . suθiusa . vɜlχeś . cusuśa 38: ulesla . vɜlθuruś . t[.]lniś . vɜlθurusla . 39: larθalc . cɜlatinaś . vetnal . larisalc . cɜ 40: latinaś . pitlnal

Sources

Luciano Agostiniani, Francesco Nicosia, 'Tabula Cortonensis'. Studia Archaelogica 105. Roma: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 2000.
Scarano Ussani & Torelli, La Tabula Cortonensis. Un documento giuridico, storico e sociale (Napoli, 2003).
de Simone, Carlo (2007) 'Alcuni termini chiave della Tabula Cortonensis', Rasenna: Journal of the Center for Etruscan Studies, Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 1.

Bibliography

(Derived directly from Grenoble website.[1])

Atti dell'Incontro di Studio, 22 giugno 2001, CNR (Roma, 2002):

Benelli, in Atti dell'Incontro di studio, pp. 93-100.
Maggiani, in Atti dell'Incontro di studio, op. cit., pp. 11-15, 65-75.
Nicosia, in Atti dell'Incontro di studio, op. cit., pp. 17-25.
Bruschetti, in Atti dell'Incontro di studio, op. cit., pp. 27-38.
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Roncalli, in Atti dell'Incontro di studio, op. cit., pp. 43-52.
Pandolfini–Angeletti, in Atti dell'Incontro di studio, op. cit., pp. 53-64.
Rix, in Atti dell'Incontro di studio, op. cit., pp. 77-86.
Facchetti, in Atti dell'Incontro di studio, op. cit., pp. 87-99.

Others:

De Simone, Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, 3, 1998, pp. 1-122.
De Simone, Ocnus, 9-10, 2001-02, pp. 69-114.
De Simone, Incontri Linguistici, 25, 2002, pp. 77-85.
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Facchetti, Frammenti di diritto privato etrusco, (Firenze, 2000).
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Facchetti, Lingua Posnaniensis (Poznan, 2005), pp. 59-63.
Maggiani, Rivista di Archeologia, 25, 2001, pp. 94-114.
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Scarano Ussani & Torelli, La Tabula Cortonensis. Un documento giuridico, storico e sociale (Napoli, 2003).
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Wylin, Etruscan News, 3, 2003, pp. 11-12.
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