Etruscan Decipherment: Translation of Etruscan Inscriptions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530220953)

For the first time, Etruscan Decipherment presents the beauty and complexity of Etruscan literature. The resulting texts embrace a range of topics that evince linguistic mastery. Translation was made possible by the discovery of a hundred bilingual inscriptions in an older script called Old European. The language is Finnish, once spoken throughout Europe. The script is a syllabary with over seventy different combinations of consonants and vowels. Because it is a syllabary, each letter spells a word, which means that even a short inscription expands into a long sentence.

Author: Stuart L. Harris
ISBN-10: 1530220955
ISBN-13: 9781530220953
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/27/2016
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d