Pyrgi Tablets

E26849

ancient inscription archaeological artifact bilingual inscription

The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.

Aliases (1)

Pyrgi tablets ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient inscription → archaeological artifact → bilingual inscription →
approximateDate	c. 500–450 BCE →
archaeologicalPeriod	Classical period →
associatedCityState	Caere →
associatedCulture	Etruscan civilization → Phoenician civilization →
associatedDeity	Astarte → Uni →
associatedRuler	Thefarie Velianas →
chronologicalContext	pre-Roman Italy →
country	Italy →
culturalInteraction	Etruscan-Phoenician religious syncretism →
currentCity	Rome →
currentLocation	Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia →
date	5th century BCE →
discoveredAt	Pyrgi →
discoveryContext	excavation of the sanctuary at Pyrgi →
foundInAncientSite	sanctuary of Uni-Astarte at Pyrgi →
foundInCountry	Italy →
foundInRegion	Lazio →
genre	royal dedication →
inscribedBy	Thefarie Velianas →
inscriptionCount	one Phoenician text → two Etruscan texts →
inscriptionPurpose	temple dedication → votive offering →
inscriptionType	dedicatory inscription →
language	Etruscan → Phoenician →
material	gold →
medium	gold laminae →
numberOfItems	3 →
parallelText	Etruscan-Phoenician bilingual →
regionOfOrigin	Tyrrhenian coast of central Italy →
relatedField	Etruscology → Semitic epigraphy → historical linguistics →
religiousContext	temple of Uni-Astarte at Pyrgi →
scriptDirection	right-to-left →
significance	evidence of Etruscan-Phoenician cultural contacts → important bilingual text for comparative linguistics → key source for understanding the Etruscan language →
writingMedium	engraving on gold →
writingSystem	Etruscan alphabet → Phoenician script →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Etruscan language →	attestedOn
Etruscan alphabet ("Pyrgi tablets") →	notableInscription