Breaking the Code -2

(A) The Preparations: Lets observe the following lines for similarities:

(II 19-22) ... / rax0 tura nun0en0 cletram s'renxve / 12B: tei fas'ei zarfne0 zus'le nun0en far0an aiseras' seus' cletram s'rencve / rax0 tura nun0en0 tei fas'ei nun0en0...

(III 17-24) ... / 10D: s'a0as' raxve hexz s'ule vinum usi trinum flere in craps'ti / 11C: un mlax nun0en 0acl0i 0ar0ie cial huslne vinum es'i sesera muera cis'e fas'ei / 2A: ...s'pures'tres' enas' / 3 / 4A / 2B: ...s'pureri me0lumeric enas' / ...

(IV 7-16) ... / 12A: tei fas'ei zar fne0 zus'leves' nun0en trinum fleres' in craps'ti cletram s'renxve / rax0 tyra hexs'0 vinum ... cletram s'renxve / 9A?: rax0 su0 ... zus'leves' nun0en estrei alphazei cletram s'rencve eim tul var / 9D: rax0 tur nun0en0 fas'i cntram ei tul var / 10C: celi su0 hexs'0 vinum trin flere in craps'ti / 11A: unmlax nun0en xis' esvis'c fas'ei / 4A / ...

(V 7-11) ... / 2B / rax0 sy0 nyn0en0 etnam far0an aiseras' s'eus' / 9B: cletram s'rencve rax0 su0 nun0en0 estrei alphazei eim tul var / 10B: celi su0 nun0en0 eisers'ic s'euc / 11A: (unum) mlax nun0en xis' esvis'c fas'ei / 4B / 2B / s'in...

(VIII 29-35) ... naxva ara nun0ene ... le hyslne s'ts' ... ne0ynsl / 11C: un mlax nun0en 0acl0i 0ar0ie cial huslne vinum es'i sesera muera sls'e fas'eic / 2A / 3 / ...

(IX 6-7) ... / 2B / 6=10E: rax0 tyl hexs'0 vinum trin flere ne0uns'l / 7=11B: un mlax nun0en zus'leve zarva fas'eic / 1A / ...

(IX 13-19) ... / 2B / 8A: rax0 sy0 nyn0en0 zusleve fas'eic far0an flerei ne0uns'l / 9A: rax0 cletram s'rentve nyn0en0 estrei alphazei zysleve rax0 eim tul var / 9C: nun0en0 estrei alphazei tei fas'i eim tul var / 10A: celi su0 nun0en0 flere ne0ynsl / 11A: yn mlax nun0en xis' esvis'c fas'ei / 4A / 2B / s'in v.i.n.u.m. ...

We can separate 14 sequences which fall into 4 categories:

• 8A:    rax0 sy0 nun0en0 zusleve fas'eic far0an flerei ne0yns'l
• 8B:    rax0 sy0 nun0en0 etnam far0an aiseras' s'eus'
• 9A:    rax0 cletram s'rentve nyn0en0 astrei alphazei zusleve rax0 eim tul var
• 9B:    cletram s'rencve rax0 su0 nun0en0 estrei alphazei eim tul var
• 9C:    nun0en0 estrei alphazei tei fas'i eim tul var
• 9D:    rax0 tur nun0en0 fas'i cntram ei tul var
• 10A:    celi su0 nun0en0 flere ne0ynsl
• 10B:    celi su0 nun0en0 eisers'ic s'euc
• 10C:    celi su0 hex0 vinum trin flere in craps'ti
• 10D:    s'a0as' naxve hexz s'ule vinum usi trinum flere in craps'ti
• 10E=6: rax0 tyl hexs'0 vinum trin flere ne0uns'l
• 11A:    yn mlax nun0en xis' esvis'c fas'ei
• 11B=7: un mlax nun0en zus'leve zarva fas'eic
• 11C:    un mlax nun0en 0acl0ti 0ar0ie cial huslne vinum es'i sesera muera cis'e fas'ei

(B) The Analysis: What is familiar here?

• Etruscan words: rax0=vb prepare, zusle=offer/ victim/ animal, fas'e=a type of sacrifice, flere=deity, ne0uns=God Neptune, etnam=and/ also (L:etiam), aiser=gods, s'rentve=decorated/ adorned, alphaze=offer, hex0=vb put/ add, vinum=wine, trin=vb invoke, s'a0=vb put/ make, cial=thirty, husl=boy/ young person, etc.
• We can find the words: flerei ne0yns'l, aiseras' s'eus', flere ne0unsl, eisers'ic s'euc, flere in craps'ti in same context, so all must to relate to the names of gods. They are at the end of a sequence, and they must be subjects.
• The similar suffixes: aiseras' s'eus', eisers'ic s'euc etc. are again confirming the adapting rule in the Etruscan grammar. Both words are relating to the same notion.
• At the beginning of the sequences we can find expressions: rax0 su0, rax0, rax0 tur, celi su0, and rax0 tyl. They are related to verbs, so they must be predicates in a sentence.
• In the middle we see: nun0en0, nun0en, vinum. They must be objects.
• We have all three components of a syntax for a sentence: predicate, object, subject, so the isolated sequences well could be simple sentences.

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Notes:  bold -nouns in context of deity Neptune (subject?)

underline - active grammatical suffix

red colour -words in context of verbs

blue colour -words in context of object

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