Liber Linteus [SEP] language of work or name
Liber Linteus
The Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis (Latin for "Linen Book of Zagreb", also rarely known as Liber Agramensis, "Book of Agram") is the longest Etruscan text and the only extant linen book, dated to the 3rd century BCE. It remains mostly untranslated because of the lack of knowledge about the Etruscan language, though the few words which can be understood indicate that the text is most likely a ritual calendar.
The fabric of the book was preserved when it was used for mummy wrappings in Ptolemaic
Etrusca disciplina" referred to by several Roman antiquarians.
The theory that this is a religious text is strengthened by recurring words and phrases that are surmised to have liturgical or dedicatory meanings. Some notable formulae on the Liber Linteus include a hymn-like repetition of "ceia hia" in column 7, and variations on the phrase "śacnicstreś cilθś śpureśtreśc enaś ", which is translated by van der Meer as "by the sacred fraternity/priesthood of cilθ, and by the civitas of enaś".
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