I would like to have some fresh info about an Etruscan document, the so
called "Disco di Magliano".
It is a lead disc found in Magliano, a town in Italy. Both sides are
completely filled with an Etruscan inscription in the shape of a spiral,
running from the border to the center.
Here are my Q's:
1) Where can I find info about this document (web sites, books, articles)?
1.a) Where can I find a decent photograph of both sides (good enough to read
the text), or a readable reproduction?
1.b) Where can I find a transcription of the text? (I did try myself, and
the result was filling up a block notes with doubts; it is a job for
experts...)
2) When has it been found, by whom, and where? (I found several Magliano's
on the atlas of Italy)
3) What age does it date back?
4) Did any scholar (attempt to) translate it or parts of it? Or, however,
what is known about the text?
5) Did any scholar (attempt to) explain why the document has that strange
spyral format?
6) Is this the only known Etruscan document with a spiral text?
7) Where is the document now? Is it open to the public?