Cippus Perusinus

The Cippus of Perugia, 3rd or 2nd century BCE

The Cippus Perusinus is a stone tablet discovered on the hill of San Marco, near Perugia, Italy, in 1822. The tablet bears 46 lines of Etruscan text exquisitely carved into it. This stone tablet is a memorial stele.

The cippus is assumed to be a text dedicating a legal contract between the Etruscan families of Velthina (from Perugia) and Afuna (from Chiusi), regarding the sharing or use of a property upon which there was a tomb belonging to the noble Velthinas.^[1][2]

The date of the inscription is considered to be 3rd or 2nd century BCE. The Cippus is conserved in the National Archeological Museum of Perugia.^[1]

Original Text

Text transcription

Teurat tan-na larezu-l am-e vaχr.

Lautn Velθina-ś, eśt-la Afuna-s, spel eθ car-u tezan,

fuśler-i tesn-ś tei-ś Raśne-ś ipa am-a hen.

Naper XII Velthinaθur-aś ar-aś,

peraścem-ul mlesc-ul, zuci enesc-i ep-l, tular-u.

Aule-śi, Velθina-ś Arnza-l, clen-śi,

θi-i θi-l ścuna cen-u, epl=c feli=c Larθal-ś Afuni-ś,

clan, θunχul θe fala-ś.

Χi=em fuśl-e, Velθina hinθa cap-e, muni=cle-t, mas-u,

naper śran=c zl, θi-i falś-ti.

Veltina hut naper penez-ś mas-u.

Acnina cl-el Afuna, Velθina mler zin-ia.

In temam-er cn-l Velθina zi-a śaten-e tesn-e,

Eca Velθinaθur-aś θaura hel-u tesn-e Raśn-e ce-i.

Tesn-ś tei-ś Raśne-ś χimθ, śpel θuta ścu-na, Afuna men-a hen.

Naper ci cn-l har-e ut-uś-e.

Reverse side:

Velθina śatena zuci enesc-i ipa spelane-θi fulum-χva.

spel-θi, rene-θi.

Esta=c Velθina, acil-un-e, tur-un-e, ścu-n-e.

Ze-a zuci enesc-i aθumi=cś.

Afuna-ś penθ-na am-a.

Velθina, Afun[a]θur, un-i ei-n zeri, una cla θi-l θunχulθ-l.

Iχ ca ceχa ziχ-uχ-e.

See also

• Etruscan civilization
• Tyrrhenian languages
• Other Etruscan inscriptions:
  • Liber Linteus
  • Pyrgi Tablets
  • Tabula Cortonensis

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} National Archaeological Museum of Perugia > The Cippus of Perugia
2. ^ The first Chapter of the Cortona inscription

References

• Bonfante, Giuliano; Bonfante, Larissa (2002). The Etruscan Language: an Introduction. Manchester, University of Manchester Press. ISBN 0-7190-5540-7. 
• Cristofani, Mauro, et al. (1984). Gli Etruschi: una nuova immagine. Firenze, Giunti Martello. ISBN. 
• Cristofani, Mauro (1979). The Etruscans: A New Investigation (Echoes of the ancient world). Orbis Pub. ISBN 0-85613-259-4. 
• Rix, Helmut (1991). Etruskische Texte. G. Narr. ISBN 3-8233-4240-1.  2 vols.

External links

• The Etruscan Texts Project A searchable database of Etruscan texts.

Coordinates: 43°07′39″N 12°21′57″E / 43.1275°N 12.36583°E / 43.1275; 12.36583