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How many known inscriptions have been written in Etruscan?
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There are more than 10,000 known Etruscan language inscriptions, with new examples being discovered each year.12
These records primarily consist of brief, repetitive funerary or dedicatory formulas found on items such as ash urns, tombs, pottery, coins, dice, and engraved bronze mirrors. While most inscriptions are short, there are notable exceptions, such as the Zagreb mummy wrappingâthe longest existing text with approximately 1,300 wordsâas well as significant inscriptions found on a clay tablet at Capua, a boundary stone at Perugia, and gold plaques discovered at Pyrgi.12