You probably should look for a Classics list or newsgroup to ask.

Marco.Cimarosti@... wrote:

>
>
> 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?

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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...