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Here is a sample of their language and content, from Tablet VI a 26 ff.:
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- Dei Grabouie
- orer ose persei ocre fisie pir
- orto est
- toteme Iouine arsmor dersecor
- subator sent
- pusei neip heritu.
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- Dei Grabouie
- persei tuer perscler uaseto est
- pesetomest peretomest
- frosetomest daetomest
- tuer perscler uirseto auirseto
- uas est. . .
"Jupiter Grabovius, if on the Fisian mount fire has arisen, or if in the nation of Iguvium the owed preparations have been omitted, let it be as if they had been made."
"Jupiter Grabovius, if in your sacrifice there has been any flaw, any defect, any ritual violation, any fraud, any error, if in your sacrifice there is a flaw, either seen or unseen. . . "
Here is the entire text of Tablet VI a 22 ff.:
- teio subocau suboco
- dei graboui
- ocriper fisiu totaper iiouina
- erer nomneper erar nomneper
- fos sei pacer sei
- ocre fisei tote iiouine
- erer nomne erar nomne
- arsie tio subocau suboco
- dei grabouie
- arsier frite tio subocau suboco
- dei grabouie
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- di grabouie
- tio esu bue peracrei pihaclu
- ocreper fisiu totaper iiouina
- irer nomneper erar nomneper
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- dei grabouie
- orer ose persei ocre fisie pir orto est
- toteme iouine arsmor dersecor subator sent
- pusei neip heritu
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- dei crabouie
- persei tuer perscler uaseto est
- pesetomest peretomest
- frosetomest daetomest
- tuer perscler uirseto auirseto uas est
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- di grabouie
- persei mersei esu bue peracrei
- pihaclu pihafei
- di grabouie
- pihatu ocre fisiu pihatu tota iouina
- di grabouie
- pihatu ocrer fisier totar iouinar nome
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- nerf arsmo
- veiro pequo
- castruo frif
- pihatu
- futu fos pacer pase tua
- ocre fisi tote iiouine
- erer nomne erar nomne
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- di grabouie
- saluo seritu ocre fisi
- salua seritu tota iiouina
- di grabouie
- saluo seritu ocrer fisier totar
- iiouinar nome
- nerf arsmo
- veiro pequo
- castruo fri
- salua seritu
- futu fos pacer pase tua
- ocre fisi tote iouine
- erer nomne erar nomne
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- di grabouie
- tio esu bue peracri pihaclu
- ocreper fisiu totaper iouina
- erer nomneper erar nomneper
- di grabouie
- tio subocau
The Tablets are housed in the Museo Civico in Gubbio, which is in the old judicial building and date from the 2nd century BC. They are written in an alphabet of Etruscan derivation.
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