The Marsiliana Tablet has Etruscan writing dating back to the eighth century BCE. The Etruscan language is from Tuscany, in northern Italy and not related to other languages. The tablet’s texts include 11,000 inscriptions but no literature that remains largely incomprehensible.

Date:
      750 BCE
Location:
      Tuscany, Italy

Additional Information:

• The Marsiliana Tablet Abecedarium : History of Information
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• The Marsiliana Tablet Abecedarium (700 BCE) from the the …
  “The earliest Etruscan abecedariumOffsite Link, the Marsiliana d’AlbegnaOffsite Link (near Grosseto) tablet which dates to c. 700 BCE, lists 26 letters …
• Etruscan alphabet – Wikipedia
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• The Marsiliana Tablet Abecedarium – TÜRK.ORG.AU
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• CREWS Project on Twitter: “The Marsiliana tablet (c.700 BC …
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