ETRURIA CAPTA. 2aD 
found in a tomb about two miles from Perusia, although the subject 
of the epitaph was a native of Sena: 
TOMB OF SARAPIKUKA. 
1. FEBEN - SVOI - BINOIV -OVEM - SIANM: EYFE-: OAVDE "1 
agin ulneka nobemau ulukamaube mapineno nourakano nekuegin marapitune 
agin Alinka nabe mai Alaukama obe Ampineno nau rakone naiku egin 
mara epaten 
offered Dominion by extended tablet Lucumo lord Ampineno he me does 
approach desiring to make monument to fix 
S 
LAVYNEMCLE - CADESDI - AVLEM - LAPIAL - ADECVOVDAMI !# 
sarapikukane nochisane chiratunenotuu rapisaneno saratuurasa batunechipi 
mabeturanou 
Sarapikuka ne aintzitzen jardun natiu arrapatzen no zarratu au eritza batu 
inyubi ambe Turanoi 
Sarapikuka to to present pay attention they me do taking of writing this 
honours army beloved great Tyrrhenia to 
141 Tomb of Sarapikuka. 
Line 1. agin Alin ka: agin is the verb, to promise, command, offer, which forms aginza, 
offering. For Alinka, see Cippus of Perusia, Front, line 24. 
nabe mai: nabe is here an adjective, extended, great. 
Alaukama obe: for Alaukuma see Cippus, Front, line 14; for obe see Cippus, Left Side, 
17-20. The whole is equivalent to ‘‘ the lord Lucumo,” who is not in this case the subject of the 
inscription. 
Ampineno or Mabineno, the name of the Lucumo. 
nau rakono: the common pronominal auxiliary naw indicates that the postposition rako 
with the increment no has become a verb, mesning “‘he towards, or approaches me.” 
nailku egin: for naiku see Cippus, Front, line 14. FE may be agin, cominand, as well as 
egin, make. 
mara eputen: for maru see Cippus, Front, line 11. The following VDE I read as the Basque 
epaten, fixa limit. If mara represent the modern marra, the two words will mean “‘to set a 
mark,” 
142 Line 2. Sarapikuka ne aintzitzen : Sarapikuka, the name of the deceased general, in the 
dative to ne, The verb ainzindu, to go before, seems in Etruscan to have assumed an infini- 
tive form aintzitzen, meaning to present, combining praesum and praesento. 
jardun natiu: the common Etruscan verb CA, chira, zira, more fully CADE, chiratune, zira- 
tune, I have already referred to several times. It means ‘‘ to pay attention to,” and thus con- 
nects with the modern jar, attention. I am not aware that jardun, which generally means 
“to be occupied,” ever conveys such a notion, yet as corresponding in form I have taken it to 
represent chiratune, which stands in this place for ‘‘ compliment, do honor.” 
The auxiliary is the plural of naw in Etruscan, which in Basque is naute. As in Basque 
nuen makes in the plural nitwen, so in Etruscan nau made natin. 
arrapatzen no: in Etrusean erpetzen no, of taking. 
zarratu au eritza: the construction is not clear. One would expect the infinitive eritzi 
rather than the indicative eritza. The demonstrative au, hau, this, must stand for the per- 
sonal pronoun. 
batuinyubi : in the Eugubine Tables batw is one of the commonest words and unmistakably 
denotes “‘anarmy.” It is not found in Basque, but pampots, brave, farfatzea, strike, bota, 
