ETRURIA CAPTA. 237 



CLOSE TRANSLATION OF THE INSCRIPTION ON THE TOMB OF SARAPIKUKA. 



An extensive tablet offered by the Dominion the Lord Lucumo Amyineno 

 approaches me desiring to make, to set up a memorial to present to Sarapi- 

 kuka. They do me the honour of taking to great Tyrrhenia the inscription 

 which honours the beloved of the army. The written tablet which honours 

 the good commander I willingly allow i'yrrhenia to bring to show regard to 

 the native of Sena. Instead of Sena I prefer to grant to the adherents of the 

 Dominion to send contributions to the grave of Sarapikuka, the beloved of 

 the army, to manifest their appreciative regard of the departed lord. 



The last inscription I present is that on the leaden tablet of 

 Magliano, which has been variously read by Deecke, Bugge, and 

 Pauli. The text is apparently corrupt, and many characters are 

 confessedly uncertain. The meaning, however, is evident. 



THE LEADEN TABLET OF MAGLIANO. 



Front. 



1. CAVOAS • YVOIV • AFILS • LXXX • Et ■ JjmOm "" 



chirapimarano kiipimaube raagusano 80 neitch goumimami 



zeru pimo rano Kupima obe irago atsono 80 ni itch Goumimami • 



heaven first towards Kupima lord passing age of 80 I thank Goumimami 



2. CASOIALO • LACO • BEEN ■ AFIL • NENL • mAN i" 

 chiranomaurasama sarachima ulneagka raagusa kanekasa miraka 



jar no niai eritza ema alin egi ka irago atso kian — miraka 



attention of tablet honours to give — — authority exercising in pass age he 

 did — seeing by 



etsitz beko agerri : for etsitz, see line 3. I regard etsitz as an adjective, meaning- apprecia- 

 tive, but only on the authority of analogy. VY beko, I suppose an abbreviation of VNY hegogo, 

 consideration, regard. Some such meaning seems to be required by the following agerri, t» 

 manifest. 



1*' Leaden Tablet of Magliano : Front. 



Line 1. zeru pimo rano : zeru Basque, heaven ; Lesghian ser, sur ; Japanese sora ; Iroquois 

 karonhia. The following pimo is the Etruscan one, here used as "first." Kupima obe, maybe 

 the lord of Kupima or lord Kupima, the living subject of the inscription. 



irago atso no : the common formula for stating age, the avil of Etruscologists, which with 

 ril, Niebuhr thought to be the only words satisfactorily translated. In Etruscan it is irag 

 rather than irago. For atso, see remarks under Lanzi 46. The following no is the postposi- 

 tion of. 



ni itch : ni is the pronoun, I. The verb itch only exists in Basque with the significations 

 shut, leave, and as the root of icheki, hold. I suppose an old meaning, to thank, as the root 

 of es-ker, thanks, gratitude. The Japanese has sha-suru, to thank. 



Goumimami, the name of Kupima's colleague and successor, see lines 4, 5. 



1*7 Line 2. jar no mai eritza ema. Owing to the uncertainty and obscurity of the next 

 group, I translate this one according to the analogy of the last group in line 4, the meaning of 

 which is clear. It seems from it that eritza is an attributive or adjective form, unless it stands 

 in the genitive of position to mai, when it will be a substantive. 



