This language's numerals, which are known mainly from a pair of dice, were unusual in allowing formation by subtraction as well as addition. A bilingual inscription in this language and Phoenician dedicated to Astarte is found on the Pyrgi tablets. The longest known text in this language is a linen book preserved on mummy wrappings. Helmut Rix proposed that this language was related to Camunic, Le
This language's numerals, which are known mainly from a pair of dice, were unusual in allowing formation by subtraction as well as addition. A bilingual inscription in this language and Phoenician dedicated to Astarte is found on the Pyrgi tablets. The longest known text in this language is a linen book preserved on mummy wrappings. Helmut Rix proposed that this language was related to Camunic, Lemnian, and Rhaetic, in contrast to the traditional view of it as a (*) language isolate. The emperor Claudius was the last person known to be literate in this non-Indo European language, in which a treatise called the Libra Haruspicini detailing rituals to Selvans, Fufluns, and Tinia was written. It became less prominent in Rome after the defeat of Tarquin the Proud. For 10 points, identify this language spoken by the pre-Roman controllers of Cumae and Veii.
This language's numerals, which are known mainly from a pair of dice, were unusual in allowing formation by subtraction as well as addition.
Etruscan language