CODEX_LL_VIII

religious

Unknown (Etruria) - 250 ± 50 BCE

Canonical Text

celihuθiśzaθrumiśiχnacaχrumflerχvaneθśrachamφeścelihuθiśzaθrumiśvacltrinsianscletramśrenχvenunθeriśpureśtreścienaś

Phonetic Transcription (IPA)

/keli.hutʰiʃ.tsatʰrumiʃ.ikʰ.nak.akʰrum.flerkʰva.netʰʃrak.hampʰeʃ.keli.hutʰiʃ.tsatʰrumiʃ.vakl.trin.sians.kletram.ʃrenkʰve.nuntʰeri.ʃpureʃtreʃki.enaʃ/

Old Italic Script

𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌉 𐌇𐌖𐌈𐌉𐌑 𐌆𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌖𐌌𐌉𐌑 𐌉𐌗 𐌍𐌀𐌂 𐌀𐌗𐌓𐌖𐌌 𐌚𐌋𐌄𐌓𐌗𐌅𐌀 𐌍𐌄𐌈𐌑𐌓𐌀𐌂 𐌇𐌀𐌌𐌘𐌄𐌑 𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌉 𐌇𐌖𐌈𐌉𐌑 𐌆𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌖𐌌𐌉𐌑 𐌅𐌀𐌂𐌋 𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌍 𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌍𐌔 𐌂𐌋𐌄𐌕𐌓𐌀𐌌 𐌑𐌓𐌄𐌍𐌗𐌅𐌄 𐌍𐌖𐌍𐌈𐌄𐌓𐌉 𐌑𐌐𐌖𐌓𐌄𐌑𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌑𐌂𐌉 𐌄𐌍𐌀𐌑

Commentary

Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis: Column VIII. Ritual calendar with directions for priests. Preserved as Egyptian mummy wrappings. Discovered 1848, recognized as Etruscan by Krall 1891. Written in black ink with red diacritics. Direction: right-to-left. ~30-40% of text lost; beginning columns missing, end nearly complete.