CODEX_LL_VIII | OpenEtruscan

CODEX_LL_VIII

dedicatory

corpus classification (silver/heuristic)

Findspot recorded

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fragmentary

Unknown (Etruria) – 250 ± 50 BCE

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celi huθiś zaθrumiś iχ nac aχrum flerχva neθśrac hamφeś celi huθiś zaθrumiś vacl trin sians cletram śrenχve nunθeri śpureśtreści enaś

Diplomatic Reader

Old Italic𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌉 𐌇𐌖𐌈𐌉𐌑 𐌆𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌖𐌌𐌉𐌑 𐌉𐌗 𐌍𐌀𐌂 𐌀𐌗𐌓𐌖𐌌 𐌚𐌋𐌄𐌓𐌗𐌅𐌀 𐌍𐌄𐌈𐌑𐌓𐌀𐌂 𐌇𐌀𐌌𐌘𐌄𐌑 𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌉 𐌇𐌖𐌈𐌉𐌑 𐌆𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌖𐌌𐌉𐌑 𐌅𐌀𐌂𐌋 𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌍 𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌍𐌔 𐌂𐌋𐌄𐌕𐌓𐌀𐌌 𐌑𐌓𐌄𐌍𐌗𐌅𐌄 𐌍𐌖𐌍𐌈𐌄𐌓𐌉 𐌑𐌐𐌖𐌓𐌄𐌑𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌑𐌂𐌉 𐌄𐌍𐌀𐌑

Canonicalceli huθiś zaθrumiś iχ nac aχrum flerχva neθśrac hamφeś celi huθiś zaθrumiś vacl trin sians cletram śrenχve nunθeri śpureśtreści enaś

Phonetic (IPA)/keli.hutʰiʃ.tsatʰrumiʃ.ikʰ.nak.akʰrum.flerkʰva.netʰʃrak.hampʰeʃ.keli.hutʰiʃ.tsatʰrumiʃ.vakl.trin.sians.kletram.ʃrenkʰve.nuntʰeri.ʃpureʃtreʃki.enaʃ/

Old ItalicCanonicalPhonetic (IPA)1𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌉 𐌇𐌖𐌈𐌉𐌑 𐌆𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌖𐌌𐌉𐌑 𐌉𐌗 𐌍𐌀𐌂 𐌀𐌗𐌓𐌖𐌌 𐌚𐌋𐌄𐌓𐌗𐌅𐌀 𐌍𐌄𐌈𐌑𐌓𐌀𐌂 𐌇𐌀𐌌𐌘𐌄𐌑 𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌉 𐌇𐌖𐌈𐌉𐌑 𐌆𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌖𐌌𐌉𐌑 𐌅𐌀𐌂𐌋 𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌍 𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌍𐌔 𐌂𐌋𐌄𐌕𐌓𐌀𐌌 𐌑𐌓𐌄𐌍𐌗𐌅𐌄 𐌍𐌖𐌍𐌈𐌄𐌓𐌉 𐌑𐌐𐌖𐌓𐌄𐌑𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌑𐌂𐌉 𐌄𐌍𐌀𐌑celi huθiś zaθrumiś iχ nac aχrum flerχva neθśrac hamφeś celi huθiś zaθrumiś vacl trin sians cletram śrenχve nunθeri śpureśtreści enaś/keli.hutʰiʃ.tsatʰrumiʃ.ikʰ.nak.akʰrum.flerkʰva.netʰʃrak.hampʰeʃ.keli.hutʰiʃ.tsatʰrumiʃ.vakl.trin.sians.kletram.ʃrenkʰve.nuntʰeri.ʃpureʃtreʃki.enaʃ/

Notation key

[abc]: Editor-restored letters (lacuna).
⟨abc⟩: Editor-supplied letters (engraver omitted).
{abc}: Letters deleted by the editor (engraver error).
ụ: Underdotted: extant glyph, uncertain reading.
¶: Line break in the original.
·: Word divider (interpunct or colon, original).

Commentary

Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis: Column VIII. Ritual calendar with directions for priests. Preserved as Egyptian mummy wrappings. Discovered 1848, recognized as Etruscan by Krall 1891. Written in black ink with red diacritics. Direction: right-to-left. ~30-40% of text lost; beginning columns missing, end nearly complete.