Bonfante Giuliano, Bonfante Larissa. The Etruscan Language: An Introduction

Second edition. — Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2002. — ISBN: 0719055392.List of illustrations. Preface to the first edition. Preface to the second edition. Abbreviations. Cronological Periods. Part one: Historical background. Part two: The language. Part three: Study aids. Bibliography. Index to sources. Concordance. Index. From the Preface to the second edition: “The book is, as the title indicates, an introduction. The reviews and the comments of colleagues have indicated that such a basic text was welcome, and that we had in general succeeded in our intention to present as clear and concise an account of the Etruscan language as evidence allows. [...] We have given translations of the most significant epigraphic texts, as well as shorter ones with interesting features. Though scholars are still divided about the interpretation of the Cortona tablet, and of specific passages in the boundary stone of Perugia and the funeral inscription of Laris Pulenas, for examples, we believe readers will be glad to have at least partial, tentative translations of the Etruscan texts even if many details are still doubtful.”