Vs 1.165
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| Reading in transliteration: | ]avileskatacinas |
| Reading in original script: |           [
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| Object: | Vs 1.165 Orvieto (slab) |
| Position: | front |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | Etruscan script |
| Letter height: | 5–7 cm1.969 in <br />2.756 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 15 |
| Number of words: | 3 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | carved |
| Condition: | incomplete |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | early 6th c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | funerary |
| Language: | Etruscan |
| Meaning: | '... of Avile Katakina' |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | De Simone 1978b: 370–395 |
Commentary
Image in Bonamici et al. 1994: 41, fig. 12 (drawing), 43, fig. 14 (drawing).
Inscribed across four slabs on the front wall of the tomb, above the entrance (length of inscription 164 cm according to Cristofani 1980: 337); the first part (mi 'I (am)') is missing.
The name underlying the Etruscan patronym/gentilicium in -na katakinas (genitive) is argued to be etymologically Celtic by De Simone 1978b; see further on the word page.
Bibliography
| Bonamici et al. 1994 | Marisa Bonamici, Simonetta Stopponi, Pietro Tamburini, Orvieto. La necropoli di Cannicella. Scavi della fondazione per il museo «C. Faina» e dell'Università di Perugia (1977), Roma: Bretschneider 1994. |
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| Cristofani 1980 | Mauro Cristofani, "Volsinii (Orvieto) [REE]", Studi Etruschi 47 (1979 [1980]), 337–338. |
| De Simone 1978b | Carlo De Simone, "Un nuovo gentilizio etrusco di Orvieto (Katacina) e la cronologia della penetrazione celtica (gallica) in Italia", Parola del Passato 33 (1978), 370-395. |
