ETRURIA CAPTA. 263 



The genitive Mebego will be equivalent to "a native of Mebe." 



27. A. No. 402, Tav. VI. L • /IFPNI ■ L • 8 

 L • /IVRNI ■ L • F 



The upper line is written in the original from right to left. The 

 F of the second group is archaic, as are the L and 8 which constitute 

 the third and fourth groups. The L is of the same form as that 

 which appears in the azti of Atius, the haruspex (page 213). If the 

 lower line be Latin it affords an argument in favour of the present 

 i-eading of Etruscan. Translating it tentatively as Etruscan, I make : 



zu abegi Tukau azi Al 

 sa babe Tukau so egi" 

 "you welcomes Tukau's progeny Alsa; father Tukau behold." 



The B. noun ahegi, welcome, I treat as an Etr. verb. In B. azi 

 means seed, and also to nourish, train, bring up : hence it may be 

 an old word for aur, child, or seme, son. The separation of the word 

 Alsa into two parts is not without parallel, but tells against the 

 translation given. 



26. 8EDINA 

 MLABRI 



These two lines, the first of wliich I have inverted, are found on 



diffei-ent sides of an amphora. Neither can be Latin. They may 



read : 



lanetu Ukara 



Nosara ahal dio 



" The Lanth Ukara — he governs Nuceria." 



The word lanetu, I have already referred to as an officer in the 

 Etruscan confederacy frequently mentioned in the Eugubine Tables. 

 The noun al, ahal, power, here conjugated with dut in its compound 

 pronominal form, must be a verb meaning to exercise power, to 

 govern. jSTuceria, however, is a city name belonging to Campania, 

 Umbria and Cisalpine Gaul. 



27. A. No. 754, Tav. VIII. OA ' FENI • LA 



SUTRA 



The upper line of this also was written from right to left. The T 

 of the lower line is in the original a compound character, a semi- 



