An extraordinary finding for the comprehension of the Etruscan language
The gold foils of Pyrgi 50 years after their discovery
Le tre lamine di Pyrgi - Soprintendenza Beni Archeologici Etruria Meridionale
E. Bramati
20/06/2014
Rome - The International Conference "Mediterranean Sanctuaries between East and West. Interactions and cultural contacts", hosted from June 18th to 20th, 2014 in Civitavecchia, will continue in Rome on June 21st and 22nd at the Hall of Fortune the Museo Nazionale Etrusco of Villa Giulia.
This will be also an occasion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most important archaeological discoveries about the Etruscan civilization, that related to the three gold foils of Pyrgi.
The ceremony will take place on Saturday, 21st at 6pm in Santa Severa, in the archaeological site of the sanctuary of Pyrgi, one of the ports of the ancient Caere (Cerveteri).
In this place on July 8th, 1964 the three gold leaf were recovered, carefully folded back on themselves with nails for the posting. Thay date back to the late 6th century BC and bear a similar text, two in Etruscan and one in Phoenician: the dedication of a "sacred place" to the Phoenician goddess Astarte, known among the Etruscans as Uni, by the king of Caere, Thefarie Velianas.
This threefold document, which is pivotal for the comprehension of the Etruscan language, is now displayed in the Museo Nazionale Etrusco of Villa Giulia, and represents an important record of the alliance between the Etruscans and Carthaginians at the time of the great expansion of Carthage in the Mediterranean.
This will be also an occasion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most important archaeological discoveries about the Etruscan civilization, that related to the three gold foils of Pyrgi.
The ceremony will take place on Saturday, 21st at 6pm in Santa Severa, in the archaeological site of the sanctuary of Pyrgi, one of the ports of the ancient Caere (Cerveteri).
In this place on July 8th, 1964 the three gold leaf were recovered, carefully folded back on themselves with nails for the posting. Thay date back to the late 6th century BC and bear a similar text, two in Etruscan and one in Phoenician: the dedication of a "sacred place" to the Phoenician goddess Astarte, known among the Etruscans as Uni, by the king of Caere, Thefarie Velianas.
This threefold document, which is pivotal for the comprehension of the Etruscan language, is now displayed in the Museo Nazionale Etrusco of Villa Giulia, and represents an important record of the alliance between the Etruscans and Carthaginians at the time of the great expansion of Carthage in the Mediterranean.
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