Pyrgi Tablets
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pyrgi-tablets-207-9091892
title:
Pyrgi Tablets
text:
The Pyrgi Tablets are three golden plates inscribed with a bilingual Phoenician–Etruscan dedicatory text. They are the oldest historical source documents from Italy and are rare examples of texts in these languages. They were discovered in 1964 during a series of excavations at the site of ancient Pyrgi, on the Tyrrhenian coast of Italy in Latium (Lazio). The text records the foundation of a temple and its dedication to the Phoenician goddess Astarte, who is identified with the Etruscan supreme
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wiki
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description:
Etruscan artifact
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrgi_Tablets
date created:
2003-01-24T05:52:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T10:32:58Z
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