File:Early Greek or Latin Inscription at Osteria dell'Osa.svg

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English: Discovered in a double burial with an inhumed male and a cremated female at Osteria dated to the Latial IIB period.

The text has various interpretations:

  • Related to Greek "eulinos," meaning "spinning well." Perhaps this term was chosen due to the general connections between weaving and female burials in Latial society.
  • Maybe connected to Greek "euoi," a chant used in the Cult of Dionysus
  • Maybe the Latin phrase "ni lue," meaning "do not untie me."
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Source Etruscan and Italic Literacy and the Case of Rome, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781119023913.ch13?msockid=0809b42be2df68773708a23de3c66960
Author Daniele F. Maras

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Discovered in a double burial with an inhumed male and a cremated female at Osteria dated to the Latial IIB period.

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