Pyrgi

ancient site, Italy

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In ancient Italic people: Language and writing
…of the ancient sanctuary of Pyrgi, the port city of Caere, provide two texts, one in Etruscan and the other in Phoenician, of significant length (about 40 words) and of analogous content. They are the equivalent of a bilingual inscription and thus offer substantial data for the elucidation of Etruscan…
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In epigraphy: Ancient Rome
…discovery of gold tablets at Pyrgi in 1964 that contain a dedication in Etruscan and Phoenician by the Etruscan king of Caere, Thefarie Velianas, to the syncretized goddess Uni (Juno) Astarte. Datable to about 500 bce, the text shows Etruscans ruling in the outskirts of Rome, with enough Phoenician or…
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In Etruscan language: Records and scholarship
…in Etruscan, were unearthed at Pyrgi.
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