E T R U S O A N R E S E A R C H E8 T R I YL M. A S C O . AA A , V I C A R O F H O L Y T R I N I T Y, T W I C K E N N N N A U T H O R O F ‘W O R D S A x D D D D DD D D fio ubw M A C M I L L A N A N D 00 . 1 8 74 - GPO W ISTVO O DE A N D C O ., N E W S T R EET S QU AR E A N D PAR LIAMEN T S T R EET 2 6 PR E FA C E N 0 O N E can be more conscious than myself of the min . I ll no t shortco gs of this book wi , however, a as I am a a pologise for them , sure th t my re ders will make full allowances for the difficul ties and perils which beset the explorer of an unknown territory . I a a n a an a and a h ve voided tech ic l l gu ge , h ve endeavoured throughout to introduce such popula r explanations as might make the book intel ligible to any ordinary educated person . Rea ders who have no special fondness for philological investigations will probably content themselves with the perusal of n the first six chapters a d the la st . Exception wil l perhaps be taken to certain as sumptious which I have ma de a s to the ethnic viii P R E FA C E . a n of an an and S a n . ffi ities the Picts , Egypti s , Lyci s , bi es I trust before long to be able to justify these a sser tions by the production of the requisite evidence . I ha d a a an a n a n hoped to h ve dded ppe dix , de li g with the laws which regul ate phonetic changes in the several Ugric languages ; but spa ce and time r n n have failed me . I must the efore co te t myself with referring to the two trea tises which Dr . W. 1 n n I a n n S chott ha s writte o the subject . h ve co fi ed myself rigorously to those phonetic equivalencies h s in a is n which he a succeeded est bl hi g . I ha ve to acknowledge special obligations to four ’ n r t precedi g labourers . Fab e ti s exh austive collection 2 of Etruscan inscriptions ha s ma de the ta sk of inter ' pr eting the E tr u scan l angu age tenfold easier th an it a n would otherwise h ve bee . It might almost be affi rmed that the completion of this gre at work at n n n a n a o ce re dered i evit ble , soo er or l ter , the r e co ver y of the Etruscan language and the interpreta n a n tio of the Etrusc records . ’ U e b er da s A l ta i s h de - c e o r Finn isch T a ta r ische S p r a chen schl cht B er l in e e , 1 8 49 Ver su ch fib er die T a twr ischen S r ac hen g , p , r l in 1 8 6 B e , 3 . 2 C o r u s Inscr i tio nu m It licwr a u m . T u r in 1 8 6 p p , 7 . P E FA E ix R C . 1 n My obligations to Mr . George De nis ar e a a in a n 0 n a a sc rcely sm ller mou t . N less esse ti l h ve been the Grammars and V ocabularies of S iberi an an a and di l gu ges , the gest of the mythology of the 2 A a Ka a a n a em. lev l , which we owe to lex der C str C a str én a I a a a Where f iled me , h ve m de c utious use A a Po l l o tta a a s a s the of the si yg of Kl proth , well of ' m n a Bohtlin k ann S chiefner o ogr phs of g , Wiedem , , and an a nd an a other Germ Russi schol rs . 1 C ities a nd em t r i s o E l Lo n d n e e e MWia 2 vo s. o C f . , 48 1 8 . 2 N o r dische eisen a n d Fo r s hu n e 1 l P r 1 o . t. e e s R c g n . v s S t b u r 1 8 49—1 8 62 g, . E C O N T N T S . I T H E PR H . G C APTER O LO U E . O u tlin e o f the ar gu m ent H II T Y H I A N D T U I . C APTER . RR EN ANS RAN ANS H i r i a n d e hn l i r in in E x l a na sto c t o o g c sta t g p o ts. p tio ns o f ter m s C H III E T H N O GR A PH IO N O S O N E U APTER . TE THE TR SC AN P E O PLE . T he T u r a ni an a ffinities o f the E tr u scan s a s in di cated b their se u l chr al u sa es their m a ica l y p g , g r a ctices their l a w o f inher itan ce their h sica l p , , p y a n d m en tal t e their a r tistic a cu l t their iso l a yp , f y, tio n a n d their o r m o f o ver n ment , f g E R A N MY Y H T H E T U S O HO O G . C APTER IV . T L h s - r l d T h G u ar di an ir i h T h G t wo . e T e e o S p ts. H ea venl y Po wer s T H E E T R U S O A N N u mE R A Ls. C H APT ER V . n he Di o f T o s an el la C ar din a l s T he six digits o t ce c . T h r dix Ki m z hr m d r din l s e a . e at a n o a . s H I E I A S C APTER V . P T PH . T he five m o r tu a r o r m u l ae . R eco r ds o f death y f , a e and b u r ia l g , WO RDS D N IN G KIN S HI O . C H APTER V II . E T P M r n m i C hil d wi e a nd h r h T he a t o c . T e mo e . y , f , t gen eal o gies o f the ' to m b s x ii C ON T E N T S . T B LIN A I. IN R IPT I N C H III H E I G U S O O S . APTER V . PA G E l h A n o m en the T he s ste m o f n o m en c a tu r e . T e y g , h Pr n m n La in n sl C o n o m en a n d t e ae o e . t tr a a g , tio n s o f E tr u scan n am e s C H IX FO M O F D DIC IO . APTER . R S E AT N In r i ti n n l a r s an d se u l chr a l i ts E tr u sca n sc p o s o e p g f . d i i l s m r e r b s r o n o u n s an ar t c e . G r a ma . V , p , p p T r a n sl a tio ns o f in scr iptio n s H X T E A I V A B A R IE C . H C o c L s APTER N ENT U . A dmixtu r e o f Kel tic wo r ds T r u e E tr u s an r d . c wo s. T he T u r an ian el em en t in La tin C H X N M APTER I. A ES . l N a m f r i r m T he n atio n al a el a tio n s. es o ve s o u n pp , ta ins a n d cities , C H XII T H E E I O GU .