Comments on the Etruscan character

Rex Wallace

Abstract


The collection of Etruscan and Italic antiquities in the Field Museum in Chicago, IL (USA) includes
a terracotta tile inscribed with an Etruscan funerary inscription (CIE 8389 / ET 2 Fa 1.3).
The inscription is notable because it attests an unusual letterform representing the vowel
sound /e/. This paper examines the possible origins of the letterform within the context of the
modification of epsilon in the writing systems of ancient Italy.

Keywords: Ager Faliscus – Etruscan –CIE 8389 / ET 2 Fa 1.3 – The Field Museum – the character 


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