ETRURIA CAPTA. 181 



MA 7iora, THKli mirago, CI, siu. These are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Of 

 these, saragi must be 3, since saragi-chi ogoi gives 60. It is the 

 original of the present hirur, iru, 3. The old enigmatic form etzi 

 karamu, three days after, presents another form of 3.^^ The Lesghian 

 chljobgu agrees in form. Some aid is afforded in determining the 

 values of the words on the dice by the following inscription, which 

 appears to be a rhyming exercise in arithmetic rather than a sepulchral 

 offering. 



469. OVMAOVA mopi nora mopira 

 ZELAZEA none sara nonera 



OLVOV/ilY mosa ijimo pibaukii 

 AIZECE YAYI raunonechi nekiirakuu ^* 



=3 This form given by Van Eys (sub. etzl) resembles tlie Ugric korom, kurm, harom, kolm, 

 kolma, denoting tliree. Anotlier Ugric form, cholym, corresponds with the Lesghian chljobgu, 

 apart from the increment gv,. 



5* Mr. VanderSmissen has looked this inscription up in Pabretti, and sends me the contents 

 of the larger leaden plate which folds over the one containing", as I supposed, an exercise in 

 arithmetic. It was with some trepidation that I attacked this document of the destructive 

 Fabretti. Happily, without anj'' straining, it completely confirms mjr judgment, and that in 

 the most touching manner. Many of the Etruscan inscriptions are tender and sympathetic in 

 tone, but this excels them all. 



Line. Right Half of the Inscription. 



1. F • SV/INI • ASYNEI age Nopibakai ranoku ganio 



2. F • SV/INI • LADOI • /IVINEI age Nopibakai zarratu mai babe au ganio 



3. F • SV/INI • FELANIAL age Nopibakai agintzari kio eritza 



4. F • SV/INI • CEICNAL age Nopibakai Sinhetzi sortze 



5. L • FELVSNA • 8ELMVIAL so aginza banu ekarri Lanesanobe auretsa 



6. F ■ FELVSNA • FCALAYI age aginza banu ekarri egi jar sari koi 



7. F • /I VINA ■ APMNIAL age babe au ekarri Artu Noka auretsa 



8. L • LAPOPV • 8VLNEI so zarratu mai tobe alabisa ganio 



9. ,1VLYACE • CEICNA • KA /ILl babe so gure zein Sinhetzi ekarri aisarrepozayo 



10. L • LADODV • OE/IJA so zarratu mai tobe eman abitchra 



11. CVPE • MALAFEA/IVYACE chipitu ne norasara eginra babe gure zein 



12. L(AP)ISY(A) • FEOYEICA /18V zarratu huno gure agin emagune aisarrepoalabi- 



13. LYACE -sa gure zein 

 Line. Left Half of the Inscription. 



1. ACE/lSVLVHAmAIVTIV ere zein ba alabisa pikor mira debe go obe 



2. Y I ■ LAPOV koi zarratu mopi 



3. LA • APmNE sara Artu imi kian 



4. AL /I VI eritsa babei 



5. LAOV • 8VLVNA saramopi alabisa pikor 



6. A • FELANL • A VINE ara aginza erakasa babe au kian 



7. A • FELVSNA ara aginza banu ekarri 



8. 8ASTA • ILAPOV lurrenoku ra au zarratu mopi 



9. NEILAO • (/)LAFIVPmTE kian au sari ema mai sari egi opa du imi gune 



10. L • APmNE so Artu imi kian 



11. niASFE • CEICNEI mira no agin Sinhetzi ganio 



12. (^AFESETPASFI mai ra agin non ekit ra alegia 



13. VNAOVMCP • SFImE • LAPOV • /I ACE pikor ambe aintz egi alegia imine zaratu mop 



para zein 



