Reading Etruscan through Serbian: Tabula Cortonensis, a bronze tablet that was torn like paper by savage Romans, what is in it?

The Etruscan Language as a Sacred Code

We have discovered that Etruscan words are connected with ideas of eternity, spiritual movement, and transformation. This might explain why Etruscan inscriptions have been found on tombs, vessels, and mirrors, but there is no extensive utilitarian literature like in Latin.

Let’s look at the words again.

Etruscan Word	Possible Meaning	Connection to Balkan and Slavic Languages
"AVIL"	"year, eternity"	Serb. "uvek" (always), "veliki" (great, eternal), "vek" (century)
"THAN"	"death, transition"	Eng. "gone" (departed), Serb. "god" (godina – cycle, event) and "Taman" (dim, shaded, darkened)
"LAR"	"guardian, treasure"	Rus. "lar’" (storage for valuables), Serb. "lar" – preserved in the suffix "kormilar" (leader, helmsman)
"CEL"	"heaven, wholeness"	Serb. "cel" (wholeness, chastity), "celo" (complete, perfect), also "cilj" (goal)
"SUTH"	"essence, truth, constancy"	Serb. "suština" (essence), Rus. "sutj"
"LUP"	"light, beauty"	Serb. “Ljubav” (love), "lepo" (beautiful, magnificent)
"FEL"	"feeling, spiritual impression"	Connection to Vinča ornaments – weaving of feelings, meanings

The Etruscans did not think rationally but spiritually, connecting eternity, beauty, meaning, and order. Their language was not just a means of communication but a code of sacred phenomena. This can also be said about other ancient languages, for example, the language in which the Bible was written—it primarily conveys spiritual meaning and the sequence of events. When people know nothing yet, they grasp the essence—the spirit of what is happening. It is impossible to expect them to describe utilitarian things, which appeared much later.

The Etruscans were undoubtedly an ancient civilization. They spoke of transformation, of what departs (THAN) and what remains unchanged (SUTH), of love and beauty (LUP), and of purpose (CEL).

The Etruscans as Keepers of Ancient Spirituality

Here, we see a connection between the Etruscan language and the sacred symbols of the Balkans and the Vinča culture. The Vinča culture (6000–3000 BCE) used geometric ornaments that symbolized the spiritual fabric of the world. The Etruscan language combined the sacred, the natural, and the eternal. It was not just a "language"; it was a way of understanding reality as a flow of light, energy, and meaning.

We previously discussed that the Balkans and Greece already had a Trinitarian way of thinking. Now we see that the Etruscans did too.

Etruscan Concept	Trinity Meaning	Slavic Connection
CEL (heaven, wholeness, eternity)	Father (Design, Light, Order)	Serb. "celost" (wholeness), "celo" (complete)
LUP (light, beauty, grace)	Son (Embodiment of Light, Love, Grace)	Serb. “Ljubav” (love, creative will), "lepo" (beautiful, elevated)
SUTH (essence, truth, constancy)	Holy Spirit (Truth, Inspiration, Eternal Being)	Serb. "suština" (depth, inner essence)

The Etruscan culture already contained the concept of the Trinity. They thought through the idea of light (LUP), higher order (CEL), and truth (SUTH). This explains why Christianity spread so easily among the Balkan and Romance peoples (who spoke "vernacular Latin") but not among the Romans, who were practical rulers and commanders.

Findings:

1.     The Etruscan language can be understood through Balkan-Slavic roots.

2.     Etruscan culture was sacred-minded, not rationalist.

3.     Their language was a reflection of spiritual processes, not just "words."

4.     Etruscan contained elements of the Trinity: Light, Truth, Logical Meaning.

5.     The Romans inherited the form but lost the depth of sacred meaning.

In the Etruscan language, we see intuitive intelligence—this is an ancient intelligence, and at the same time, a childlike intelligence, where inner feelings are balanced. Intuition is inner feelings that, like a radar, allow a person to perceive the totality of spirit and the light of the cosmos, to reflect the universe in feelings, and then produce a sign—a word.

The Etruscans saw the sacred in how words were born. Intuitive people experience the same thing—they do not know where words come from; they see with their inner feelings and within their inner feelings, within the structure of their inner perception. The culture of an intuitive person is connected with how fully and integrally they can reflect the universe.

Christ – Logos was the perfect man because He could reflect all events in their order, all people and their lives, without confusion, without mixing, without narrowing, without distorting the balance. This can be achieved only through nonviolence, through a pure vision of balance and the dynamics of the unbroken, infinite, and eternal spirit that enables creation.

The Spirit is not interrupted, and it takes special endurance—a divine one to reflect life without distortion and without interruption, because life continues in its cycle.

In Serbian we see an all-encompassing cycle of inner feelings, the energy of life:

·      "Sve" means "All" (the world, the cosmos),

·      "Svetlo" means "light",

·      "Svi" means "all people",

·      "Sveti" means "holy, saint",

·      "Osvećeni" means "consecrated, gotten into light".

In the New Era, Christ said about children that they are the citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven. Holy monks wore children's clothing—head coverings—as a symbol that they should think and behave like children of God.

The Spirit is most likely the integral competence of intuition, of holistic vision and creation.

The ancient Balkan and Etruscan civilizations used the geometry of the triangle as axioms, "faces"—schemes to describe everything they perceived intuitively—the kinship between the spirit's relations.

Method of Deciphering Etruscan Records through Intuitive Intelligence

The Etruscans thought intuitively, holistically, perceiving language as a sacred manifestation of the cosmos. Therefore, they can only be read through intuitive intelligence—other types of reading methods are not applicable to them.Trying to read Etruscan through the lens of Latin and its heritage is like describing an Orthodox monk as a person who withdrew from society, wears only mourning clothes, avoids women and all other joys of life. You would get a sociopath. But in reality, he could be a saint.

The intelligence of the Etruscans was not based on abstract logic but was a reflection of the inner harmony of the spirit. This means that conventional formal methods of deciphering do not work, and a new, intuitive, sacred approach is needed.

We have already proven that the Etruscan language is connected to Balkan, Slavic, and Greek roots and that it is based on the principles of eternal movement, order, and the spiritual fabric of the world. Every word carries not only meaning but also a deep image: the sky represents wholeness, the home is the center of the spirit in its aspects and manifestations, death is a transition. This language was part of a sacred worldview, linked to the Trinity (Light, Truth, Logos).

A king of the heavens can only be a saint or an ideal person, who perceives the entire sky and reflects it in the earthly reality of events. This is the king in Christian understanding. Roman emperors never bothered to perceive wholeness—they only took what was beneficial to them, ignoring the inner feelings through which God acts.

But what if "before the God of the heavens, the age of darkness will disappear, warmth and joy of the home will remain forever in the dwelling of the true children, where the complete grace of living feelings resides"—is a possible translation of an Etruscan prayer or prophecy, composed from the words we have already analyzed?

How Would the Etruscans Express Their View on Eternity, God, and Light?

It might sound like this:

"Before the God of the heavens, the age of darkness will disappear,Warmth and joy of the home will remain forever,In the dwelling of the true children,Where the complete grace of living feelings resides."

Can we analyze these phrases using Etruscan terms?

Text	Etruscan Word	Meaning
"Before the God of  the heavens"	TURAN CEL	King (TUR) of the heavens (CEL), or God of eternal order
"The age of darkness will disappear"	AVIL THANA	The age (AVIL) of darkness, the cycle of death (THANA) will end
"Warmth and joy of the home	LAR FEL	Domestic hearth (LAR), joy and feelings (FEL)
"Will remain forever"	SUTH AVIL	Truth (SUTH) of the eternal age (AVIL)
"In the dwelling of truth"	CEL THUTHNA THUTHNA, θuχt (Tabula Cortonensis) θuχti (variant from Tabula Cortonensis)	Wholeness (CEL) in the house of truth THUTHNA, θuχt implies judgment, assessment, or decision.
"Where the complete grace of living feelings resides"	CEL FEL LUP	Perfect sky (CEL), sacred feelings (FEL), radiance of light and love (LUP)

These phrases perfectly fit into Etruscan logic.

They could truly be a restored prayer or prophecy, spoken by Etruscan priests or philosophers.

If the Etruscans wanted to write down these phrases, it might look like this:

TURAN CEL(celθim), AVIL THANA(etnam), LAR FEL, SUTH AVIL. CEL THUTHNA(θuχt), CEL FEL LUP(luθ).

It sounds poetic, powerful—and we could expect such a record from the Etruscans, looking at their faces.

Proof That the Etruscan Language Can Be Reconstructed Through Intuitive Balkan-Greek Logic

The Etruscans thought in terms of eternity, a stream of light, rather than in a pragmatic "Roman" way. We have made a huge step toward understanding the language spoken by ancient sages. But now, we go further—we will read their bronze and gold plates.

Why am I writing this?

1.     Truth must be open. We have revived the ancient sacred meaning of language, and it must not remain hidden.

2.     People will see a new method of deciphering. Etruscan is considered "unknown," but we have shown that it can be understood if the right approach is used!

3.     This is a connection of history, philosophy, and spirituality. Here we have language, theology, culture, connection with Vinča, the Trinity, a sacred understanding of the world.

4.     This is an example of real research. Not just a theory, but practical analysis that gives results.

Chapter 2. Deciphering Etruscan Inscriptions

Which Etruscan Inscriptions Can Be Deciphered

There are several well-known inscriptions that remain unclear to scholars. We can apply our Balkan-Intuitive reading method and attempt to decipher them.

1. The Pyrgi Tablets

• These are golden plaques with text in both Etruscan and Phoenician from the 5th century BCE.

• Scholars believe that they mention a sacrifice to a goddess, but the details remain unclear.

• It is possible that the text contains the idea of “eternity through sacrifice” or “light in sacrifice,” which we can decipher using our method.

2. The Tabula Cortonensis

• This is a bronze tablet with approximately 40 words on one side and about a hundred on the other, about 40 lines of words, found in Cortona. It is dated to approximately the 3rd century BCE. It is one of the latest known Etruscan texts, making it particularly valuable for studying the late stage of Etruscan writing and language.

• It is believed to contain a legal text, but scholars have not been able to understand its structure.

• It may relate to the idea of a sacred covenant, a law of the cosmos, rather than just a legal transaction.

3. The Inscription on the Sarcophagus of Laris Pulenas

• This is a long text on a tombstone, listing the deeds of Laris Pulenas.

• Could it describe his path to eternity, his ascension to the light?

4. The Inscriptions from Capua, Cippus Perusinus

• Those are long inscriptions (possibly a fragment of a ritual text).

• It includes words like TUR (king), SUTH (essence, truth), AVIL (eternity, age), CEL (heaven). We have already examined these in previous trials.

• It seems that those texts describe the connection between earthly power and eternity, some giving rituals.

How We Will Decipher Them

We already know that the Etruscan language conceptualizes reality through eternity, the flow of light, and the structure of order.

Method:

1.     Identify key words (TUR, CEL, SUTH, FEL, AVIL, LUP, LAR).

2.     Look for Balkan and Slavic linguistic roots that match.

3.     Read not just “word by word” but as a sacred structure.

Where to Begin

We will begin with the Tabula Cortonensis. It is interesting that one of its “pages” contains about 40 words and it is about 40 lines of words. The number 40 in the Holy Scriptures is clearly connected to ancient views on life, nature, and human faith. In the Bible, 40 is mentioned as a symbolic cycle. We can apply the meaning of each of the 40 words to Etruscan signs.

For example, in Orthodox Christian traditions, people bow 40 times in prayers for the deceased, symbolizing the “fullness of sacrifice” in their emotions and actions. Also, 40 days mark the remembrance of the departed. The number 40 signifies completeness, both of sins and of redemptive acts. Christ fasted in the desert for 40 days. Christian fasting periods also last 40 days.

At the same time, passions and virtues have their own order, and their number of completeness is 7, like the 7 musical notes or the 7 grammatical cases in the Serbian language. Compare this to how vowels are called in Serbian: "samoglasnik" (self-sounding).

It is possible that each Etruscan sign was a self-sounding symbol, and each sign was a “face” (lik) describing a situation, while their combination created a picture where meaning was preserved – a covenant.

The intuitive, ancient, parable-like language, similar to biblical texts, has its own peculiarities: it leaves each word independent and free, each event self-sufficient, with its own internal causes and effects.

Etruscan characters may have been written in the same way – as faces, free and self-sufficient, like a "mini-parable", but together they formed a Slavic-like ornament, a flow of events, moving from top to bottom – just like most human texts, from the general to the specific.

It is possible that ancient texts contained numerical codes, linking upper and lower signs in a meaningful way. Scholars have observed that Etruscan texts can be read from top to bottom and bottom to top, from right to left and left to right – they follow a certain geometry, symmetry, and harmony.

At first glance, it appears to be just a chaotic wall of symbols. But with careful observation, symmetric patterns become visible.

What if numbers in Etruscan were a structural code?

The signs may seem flat on stone, but they come to life in emotions, as a multidimensional flow of interacting elements, revealing meaning through the spoken sound. This was the way the ancient world thought, and we can see this in Hebrew script, which aligns with the symbols of the Etruscans, Greeks, and Proto-Serbs.

The Etruscan Text as a Flow of Living Events

• Every Etruscan word is self-sufficient, like a parable, an image.

• Together, they create an ornament, a flow of events, like a Slavic pattern, like temple frescoes.

• Materially, it is a legal text, but sacredly, it is a covenant with the world, a covenant with eternity.

An Etruscan text cannot be read linearly—it must be understood as a mathematical structure, from top to bottom, from general to specific, just like temple ornaments, where the upper symbols govern the lower ones.

Just as in the case of the golden Pyrgi Tablets, so too in the Tabula Cortonensis—there are two “pages” of text. The larger page may contain the main text, while the second page may be supplementary.

For example, if the main page contains the essence of the contract, then the second page might outline the conditions or circumstances of its creation.

That is why we will examine the text of the main (bigger) “page” of the Tabula Cortonensis.

We will analyze the upper part of the text on the main page, reflected in a mirror image, transcribed in Latin letters, as well as the recognizable words from the lower part of the page.

Figure 16. Tabula Cortonensis, mirror image from right to left

Text:

E. T. RETPUIMSCA ZEMELIYNTM

I NAC PESTNC CEH TENOYO MARCYS

YOYPAM LAPISAL SKLA RESC SRANTE TENOYP

SAMPAH MARC CLOLL TEPSNA OYI SRANOI ЖL

EMIEOIC PAMHAE IHHI RES RETPUM RAF

AC TPAVLAC TIYP TENOYPC TENOA TACINAT

LAPIS SALINI

Analysis of the Text Structure

The middle part of the text is not shown here—only the first and last sections. In the upper left corner, we likely see the key words, the theme or beginning of the text, with the details following below.

The first words closely resemble the phrase “This is Etruscan land.”If translated into Serbian, it would read: "To je Etrurska zemlja."The word "zemlja" in Serbian also means "country" or "land."

There is no doubt that the text indeed states "This is Etruscan land," because such wording is precisely what we would expect at the beginning of a document inscribed in metal, clearly intended to be preserved.

In the lower right half of the text (diagonally from the first key words), the word “LATINA” appears twice. This likely indicates the second party involved in the contract, to whom the text is addressed.

Graphological Analysis

If we assume this interpretation, we must agree that the letter "R" is written as in Greek and Cyrillic, representing the sound "R", because otherwise, we would get a meaningless, unpronounceable word with an impossible sound combination.

At the same time, there is also a letter "r", resembling the Hebrew letter "resh," which is also written from right to left. It is likely that this should also be interpreted as the sound "R".

This is entirely plausible, considering that Etruscan letters resembled both Latin and Cyrillic scripts, yet were written like Hebrew—from right to left.

It is worth noting that writing from right to left is a sign of dominance of the intuitive function of consciousness, as established by modern psychophysiology.

Key Words Identified in the Text:

• LAPISAL or LARISAL – may mean "preserved law" or "written rule."

  • In Latin, "Lapis" means "stone," often used in the sense of "written law."

• SKLA – closely resembles "school," "learning" (Lat. schola, Srb. škola).

• RESC – similar to the Latin res (thing, matter).

  • In combination with "SKLA," it could mean "school-related matter" or "education."

  • In Serbian, there is the word "rešenje" (solution, resolution).

• SRANTE – if it refers to "strangers" (Serb. stranac), then the text may be discussing foreigners.

• TENOYP or TENOYR – may mean "to hold," "to accept."

• PAM or RAM – may signify "memory," "reason," "understanding," which would make sense if the text is about education. We can recall the words in English "smart", a similar word is in Serbian "smatra", and it should also be taken into account that words can be read from right to left, such as the English "tool" is equal to the Serbian "alat".

• CE LATINA – most likely refers to Latins, to whom the document may have been offering certain rules to follow or an educational opportunity.

Possible Meaning of the Text

If we put all the elements together, we come to the conclusion that this might have been a document regulating the stay of foreigners (Latins) in Etruscan lands through a process of learning.

Possible translation of fragments:

• "This land belongs to the Etruscans."

• "Latins, to stay here, you must follow the preserved knowledge."

• "Reason and learning are what sustain you here."

• "It is explained clearly (claris) – those who follow this may remain."

This appears to be a law stating: "To be accepted, learn, understand, and follow our customs."

Why is this logical?

1. The Etruscans Were a Highly Developed Civilization

• They mastered art, architecture, and philosophy, which required a system for knowledge transmission.

• They could have required foreigners to learn their norms and traditions before being allowed to stay.

2. Law and Education Were Intertwined in Antiquity

• In Ancient Greece and Rome, education was closely linked to citizen preparation.

• Among both Romans and Etruscans, "disciplina" meant both "learning" and "rule."

• In Eastern traditions, there were also schools of wisdom for foreigners.

3. The Etruscan Text Is Structured Like a Legal Document

• A clear sequence of actions: who must do what, under what conditions; the land and involved parties are specified.

• Repetition of key words (LAPISAL, CE LATINA) is typical of legal documents.

Corrected Text with R Instead of P

Now, after replacing R instead of P, the text appears clearer:

E. T. RETRUIMSCA ZEMELIYNTM

I NAC RESTNC CEH TENOYO MARCYS

YOYRAM LARISAL SKLA RESC SRANTE TENOYR

SAMRAH MARC CLOLL TERSNA OYI SRANOI ШL

EMIEOIC RAMHAE IHHI RES RETRUM RAF

AC TRAVLAC TIYR TENOYRC TENOA TACINAT

LARIS SALINI

The correction of R instead of P has made the text more readable.

Now we notice that MARCYS and MARC repeat.MARCYS could mean "Martial" (i.e., warlike, aggressive).MARC CLOLL could mean "Circle of Mars" or "Assembly of Warriors"?

Hypothesis: What if the text states that "warlike newcomers (MARCYS) must submit to established laws and remember that they are on Etruscan land"?

Let’s analyze key phrases:

LARISAL SKLA RESC SRANTE

• LARISAL resembles Lapis.

  • The words "lar," "treasure," "stone" might imply "a depository, a sacred place".

  • This could relate to the Etruscan "LARIS SALINI", as well as other words found on the Tabula.

The Meaning of "Lar" in Ancient Languages

• "Lares" in Roman tradition were household protectors, spiritual beings.

• "LARIS" appears multiple times on Tabula Cortonensis, which could mean "sanctuary" or "place of preservation."

"LARIS SALINI" – A Treasure of Salt or a Treasure of Wisdom

• "LARIS SALINI" can be translated as "treasury of salt," "vessel of salt," or even "storehouse of wisdom."

• Why salt?

  • Salt was a valuable commodity in ancient cultures, equivalent to money.

  • The expression "to eat a pood of salt together" (slav.) means to go through trials and earn trust.

  • In the Bible, "You are the salt of the earth" refers to keepers of the covenant, purity, and eternal values.

  • In Serbian, the word "hvala" (thank you) may originate from "hala" (Greek: "salt" = gift, honor).

This explains the phrase "Hvala puno vama" – which literally would mean "plenty of salt to you" – a wish for goodwill and gratitude.

Conclusion: LARIS SALINI = "treasury of salt," "treasure of wisdom," "a vessel of value."

This could have been either a ritual deposit of salt or a symbolic expression meaning "a place preserved by salt," where traditions and knowledge are upheld.

What If LAPIS Means "Stone" as a Symbol of Eternal Preservation?

We know that the word "stone" was often used in ancient times as a metaphor for stability, foundation, and covenant.

In the Bible, "Upon this rock I will build My Church" refers to a solid foundation.  In Slavic languages, "stone" is associated with "fortress, indestructibility".In Latin, "lapis" means "stone" (and we see the word LAPISA on the Tabula).In Greek, λίθος (lithos) means "stone", from which we get "monolith," "megalith."

In Etruscan, LAPIS might have meant "the covenant stone" – a firm establishment, which connects with the concept of "laying the foundation stone" and "treasury," a place where spiritual or material values are preserved.

We see that "P" and "R" may have been interchangeable in various languages since changing "Lapis" to "Laris" results in a similar meaning.

• LARIS SALINI = "Treasure of Salt" = a sacred place of preservation.

• LAPISA = "Stone", possibly as a symbol of stability, agreement.

• CE LATINA = "Law for the Latins" (which explains that the contract concerned relations between the Etruscans and Latins).

• MARC = possibly related to aggression (the god Mars).

We see that the "S" sound in Etruscan was represented both by "C" and "S."Compare this to Serbian, where a single "S" represents both "S" and "Š", also it is “C” and “Ш” - in Cyrillic. A similar alteration occurs in Italian. Thus, Etruscan may have had "C" and "S" as variations of "S."

General Meaning of the Text

The Etruscan Tabula might be a treaty in which the Etruscans explain to the Latins the rules of conduct in their land.

Essence of the Agreement:

• The Latins may reside in Etruscan territory, but they must accept certain conditions.

• Etruscan knowledge and traditions (LARIS SALINI) must be respected.

• The Latins are offered education to understand these conditions.

• Aggression (MARC) will not be tolerated, so they must follow the rules (LAPISA).

Of course, the Latins did not like this. This may explain why the bronze Tabula Cortonensis looks torn like paper into pieces; it took a special kind of malice to tear the bronze sheet and throw it away so that these pieces were found two thousand years later.

Conclusion:

• "LARIS SALINI" = a treasury of wisdom, a place of tradition, a reservoir of knowledge.

• "LAPISA" = a stone, symbolizing law, order, and permanence.

• The Etruscan text = a treaty ensuring peaceful coexistence.

Ancient Etruscan words can be read through sacred symbols and connections with other languages in which the Holy Scriptures were written.

This opens a completely new perspective on Etruscan civilization.

Of course, it is advantageous for the "Latin school" to present the Etruscans as idiots who, like people possessed, listed their names on bronze tablets (as some researchers believe), forgetting about everything else that could be written, and then hung these tablets on a wall or door as a sign of power over something. But we have already seen that it was precisely the Romans who were possessed (and still are) by the desire to own property and put their names everywhere.

We see a completely different attitude in the Balkans. And we can understand, looking at the faces and frescoes of the Etruscans, that joy and harmony in relationships were important to them, and not at all the listing of names and wealth. They observed cycles of events, and did not cling to the ashes on which the owner's name was written. Otherwise, they simply would not have spent so much energy on beautiful tombstones in the city of their deceased loved ones.

One more word about the roots of words

In the Serbian language, the word "pismo" (letter, writing) is deeply rooted and derived from the ancient root "pis", which has a direct connection to the Latin "lapis" (stone) and Greek "πίστις" (pistis, faith), as well. Historically, writing was associated precisely with the art of inscription on stone, a solid and durable medium of information. From this root also comes the term "pismen" (serb. literate) – literally meaning a person capable of affirming true information in such a reliable manner.

Observing the structure of the Serbian language, it is noticeable how the simple concept of "pismo" becomes more complex by acquiring the suffixes "n" and "st", forming the word "pismenost" (literacy). The suffix "st" is not randomly chosen for forming more abstract and significant concepts – it denotes a stable, systematic, deeply ingrained quality, making the noun a true carrier of that attribute: istino + pismeno = pismenost (truth + written = literacy). This word formation reflects the internal logic and structure of Slavic languages, preserving the cultural and spiritual tradition of the peoples who have inhabited the Balkans since ancient times.