Re: [tied] Re: Etruscan inscription

>>OK, so I found out the name of the inscription I was looking for -
>>the Tabula Cortonensis.
>>
>>So, does anyone have any ideas on its interpretation?
>
>No. It seems to be lots of names, mainly. Some loose words:
>
>B4. s'ran (a meaure of area?)

On McCallister's site, the overwhelming consensus appears to be "design,
ornament, figure" and its derivatives are similarly translated.

>B20. sians' "father?"

Erh, dunno about that. If I recall, Massimo Pallotino ("The Etruscans")
translates /sians'/ as "the dead".

- gLeN

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