Vs 1.87

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	]vercenas
Reading in original script:	unknown
Object:	Vs 1.87 Orvieto (slab)
Position:	unknown
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Script:	Etruscan script
Number of letters:	8
Workmanship:	carved
Condition:	unknown
Archaeological culture:	unknown [from object]
Date of inscription:	6th c. BC [from object]
Type:	funerary
Language:	Etruscan
Meaning:	'... of Vercena'
Alternative sigla:	none
Sources:	De Simone 1978b: 170 f.

Commentary

The name underlying the Etruscan patronym/gentilicium in -na vercenas (genitive) is argued to be etymologically Celtic by De Simone 1978b; see further on the word page.

See also CIE: 4991, Vitali 1998: 257.

Bibliography

CIE	Carl Pauli, Olof August Danielsson et al. (eds.), Corpus Inscriptionum Etruscarum. (3 volumes, various parts)
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.