Terracotta cockerel vase: A 2,600-year-old Etruscan inkwell featuring 26 letters of the undeciphered ancient language
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The chicken-shaped, black-glazed vase has an abecedarium — an inscription with the 26 letters of the Etruscan alphabet in order. (Image credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Fletcher Fund, 1924; Creative Commons Zero (CC0))QUICK FACTSName: Terracotta cockerel vaseWhat it is: A bird-shaped ceramic inkwellWhere it is from: Viterbo, ItalyWhen it was made: Circa 650 to 600 B.C.This small terra-cotta vase, which is shaped like a cockerel or young male chicken with human feet, was discovered in centra
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