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earthen receptacle. I am disposed to regard koi as the Etruscan 

 equivalent of the Japanese k >ya, a small house, hut, or pen. I do 

 not know what Basque word corresponds, as khutcha, box, chest, is 

 said to come from the Spanish hucha, and in any case the increment 

 calls for explanation. Still Zerulurrekoi, as "the domed earthen 

 chamber," although a strange name for an Etruscan lady, answers 

 to Cafatia, as Cavatia. The final AL should be NAL, sortze, natus, 

 as other bilinguals indicate. That there was an intention to assimilate 

 the Etruscan to the Latin in this inscription is plain, from the 

 unusually prominent place given to the name Papiba.^"^ 



109 For other iuscriptions bearing the same name, see note 64. The characters FEL, as con- 

 si ituting the word aginza, an offering, are of constant renurrf.nce on Etruscan monuments. As 

 in this case, egin-ezaumeka, FE represents the common verbs egin and agin. The tendency I 

 have had to resist is one in the direction of translating all agins and aginzas, which can onlj' be 

 corrected by a careful comparison of iuscriptions. 



Mr. VanderSmissen calls my attention to the tomb of the gens Volturnia, near Perusia, 

 which contains urns with the following inscriptions : 

 FabrettiUSO. LA • FELOVPNAM • FI/IIAL 



sara aginsamapetulcarano agubaurasa 

 zarra Aginzamaiepatugarri no gai bahi eritsa 

 writing Aginzamai-Epatugarri of good consort honours 

 The long name Aginzamai-Epatugarri, which has been read Velthurnas, is one like Egine- 

 zanmika of note 64, derived from the occupation or craft of the family. It means " the setter 

 up of memorial tablets ;" adding to the already familiar aginza mai, the compound of epatu, 

 fix, set a limit, and ekarri, bring. The name of the consort is not given, unless I am in error 

 in reading FI/II as gai bahi. In the Eugubine Tables FI frequently occurs for gai, fitting 

 capable, suitable. The following hahi now means, a pledge, but many instances of its use 

 serve to show that in Etruscan it also indicated one who is pledged or engaged to another. I 

 do not know if the Japanese fufu, husband and wMe, represents this word. In Choctaw 

 ibafohkah, to unite, add to, probably exhibits the original meaning of the root. 



1481. SE • FELOVPNA • AVLEM 

 none aginsamapitukara rapisaneno 

 non Aginzamai-Epatugarri erpetzen no 

 which Aginzamai-Epatugarri holding of 



This inscription is elliptical if I read it correctly. 



1482. LO ■ SEYPI • FELOVPNAM 



asma nonekutuu aginsamapitukarano 

 asma non chedee Aginzamai-Epatugarri no 

 indication which sets the mark Aginzamai-Epatugarri of 

 The word YPI, kuUiu, appears more than once in the Eugubine Tables (I. b. 16, &c.), denoting 

 limit, boundary, which in Basque is chede, gede. In Japanese kiiva generally bears this signifi- 

 cation and forms verbs of defining and limiting, but kata, a side, border, answers to kitva. 

 1479. SE • FELOVPNA • SEYPE 



none aginsamapitukara nonekutune 

 non Aginzamai-Epatugarri non ekiten 



I cannot translate this as it stands with a double non and kuHme instead of kutuu. In the 

 Eugubine Tables, the extent and historical nature, of which give abundant opportunity fo 

 discovering and confirming the values of words, kutune stands for the Basque ekiten, under- 

 take. 



