The Etruscan Language: An Introduction

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Manchester University Press, 2002 - Etruscan language - 253 pages
A revised, updated and expanded edition of the first concise introduction to the study of the Etruscan language in English. The standard historical reference and a popular textbook for students of languages, linguistics, ancient civilization and Etruscan studies. Provides the best collection of Etruscan inscriptions and texts currently in print. A substantial archeological introduction sets language and inscriptions in their historical, geographical and cultural context. The overview of Etruscan grammar, the glossary and chapters on mythological figures all incorporate the latest scholarship and innovative discoveries.

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Contents

Archaeological introduction
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xiv
39
Introduction to the language of the Etruscans
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Common terms and phrases

Afuna Agostiniani Archaic Arezzo Arnth Aule avil Bonfante Bronze mirror bucchero Caere Catha century BC Cerveteri Chiusi cippus clan Colonna Cortona Cristofani dative decoration dedicated divinity Entlehnungen Etruria Etruscan alphabet Etruscan art Etruscan cities Etruscan inscriptions Etruscan language Etruscan mirrors Etruscan name Etruscan word Etruschi Etruskische Étrusques Florence fourth century François Tomb Fufluns funerary genitive glosses goddess Greek Grummond Hercle Heurgon inscribed Italy Kaimio Laris Pulenas Larth Lasa Latin Livy matronymic Menrva Morandi mother mummy wrappings Museo Museum mythological figures name appears Orvieto paintings Pallottino ParPass Perugia Pfiffig Phoenician Piacenza Liver Pyrgi Pyrgi tablets Ramtha red-figure religion Roma Roman Rome Roncalli runes sacred sarcophagus scenes Selvans seventh century Simone Source statue statuette Stele StEtr Studi tablet Tabula Cortonensis Tarquinia third century Tinia Tomba Torelli Trojan Turan turce Umbrian vase Veii Velthina Velthur Vetulonia Volsinii Volterra votive vowels Vulci writing written Zagreb mummy

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About the author (2002)

Giuliano Bonfante is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Turin, and member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincie, Rome Larissa Bonfante is Professor of Classics at New York University

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Etruscan Language: An Introduction
AuthorsGiuliano Bonfante, Larissa Bonfante
Edition2, illustrated, revised
PublisherManchester University Press, 2002
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized20 Feb 2008
ISBN0719055393, 9780719055393
Length253 pages
  
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