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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pyrgi Tablets canonical 4
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 Etruscans ⓘ
surface form: Etruscan civilization

Phoenician civilization ⓘ
associatedDeity Astarte ⓘ
Uni ⓘ
associatedRuler Thefarie Velianas ⓘ
chronologicalContext pre-Roman Italy ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalInteraction Etruscan-Phoenician religious syncretism ⓘ
currentCity Rome ⓘ
currentLocation Gregorian Etruscan Museum ⓘ
surface form: 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 language ⓘ
surface form: 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 sanctuary of Uni-Astarte at Pyrgi ⓘ
surface form: 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 alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician script

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Etruscan language → attestedOn → Pyrgi Tablets ⓘ
Etruscan alphabet → notableInscription → Pyrgi Tablets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pyrgi tablets
Pyrgi → knownFor → Pyrgi Tablets ⓘ
Pyrgi (ancient port of Caere) → knownFor → Pyrgi Tablets ⓘ
subject surface form: Pyrgi
Pyrgi (ancient port of Caere) → hasDiscovery → Pyrgi Tablets ⓘ
subject surface form: Pyrgi