The Bronze Liver of Piacenza : : Analysis of a Polytheistic Structure.

• Superior document: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Author: van der Meer, van der.
• Place / Publishing House: Naperville : : BRILL,, 1987.; ©1987.
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (213 pages)

This book deals with the Iecur Placentinum, the bronze model of a sheep's liver, bearing 42 Etruscan inscriptions. The Piacenza Liver is a highly interesting document of the utmost importance for the understanding of Etruscan religion. It will appear that the network with the inscribed names of divinities on both sides of the Liver depicts a microcosmos reflecting the macrocosmos, the Etruscan division of heaven.

Table of Contents

Intro -- THE BRONZE LIVER OF PIACENZA: ANALYSIS OF A POLYTHEISTIC STRUCTURE -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 lntroduction -- 2 The history of tlדe discovery -- 3 Description -- 4 The regions and the inscriptions -- 5 Date and provenance -- 6 The current state of affairs -- 7 The sixteen regions and Martianus Capella -- 8 The origin of the sixteen-partite heaven -- 9 The inscriptions -- 9.1 Tin -- 9.2 Neth -- 9.3 Uni -- 9.4 Mae -- 9.5 Tecvm -- 9.6 Lvsa -- 9.7 Catha -- 9.8 Fufluns -- 9.9 Selva -- 9.10 Letham -- 9 .11 Tluscv -- 9.12 Cel -- 9.13 Cvl -- 9.14 Alp -- 9. 15 Vetis -- 9.16 Cilens -- 9.17 Thufltha -- 9.18 Tul -- 9.19 Lasa -- 9.20 Tvath -- 9.21 Maris -- 9.22 Lar -- 9.23 Hercle -- 9.24 Velch -- 9.25 Satre -- 9.26 Metlvmth -- 9.27 Tiv -- 9.28 Usil -- 10 The gods and their context -- 11 Chronological aspects -- 12 Pars familiaris and pars hostilis -- 13 Chaldean influences? -- 14 The origin of Etruscan liver consulting -- Summary -- General appendices -- Notes -- List of abbreviations (Bibliography) -- List of Illustrations.