The Etruscan Bronze Liver of Piacenza: An Ancient Starfinder and Calendar by Andis Kaulins Copyright © 1980 by Andis Kaulins

Table of Contents for the Scan of the Main Pages of the Book:
The Etruscan Bronze Liver of Piacenza:
An Ancient Starfinder and Calendar
by Andis Kaulins
Copyright © 1980 by Andis Kaulins

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page iv..............The Etruscans, Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology
Page v...............Table of Contents for The Etruscan Bronze Liver of Piancenza
Page ix..............Figure 1, Top View of the Etruscan Bronze Liver of Piacenza
Page x..............Figure 2, Bottom View of the Etruscan Bronze Liver of Piacenza
Page xi..............Figure 3, Top View Decipherment
Page xii..............Figure 4, Bottom View Decipherment
Page xiii..............Figure 5, Top View Decipherment horizontally reversed for left to right reading
Page xiv..............Figure 6, Top View Decipherment with Latvian equivalent words
Page xv..............Figures 7 & 8, Drawings of the Etruscan Bronze Liver by others
Page xvi..............Figure 9, A similar Micronesian - Gilbertese - Sky Dome
Page xvii..............Short Explanation of FIGURE 1
Page xviii..............Short Explanation of FIGURE 1
Page xix..............Short Explanation of FIGURES 2 through 5
Page xx..............Short Explanation of FIGURES 6 through 9
Page 1..............Abstract of the Decipherment
Page 4..............Astronomical positions of stars referred to on the Bronze Liver
Page 4..............Figure 10, Pleiades, Hyades set; Antares in the ascendant
Page 5..............Figure 11, Antares ascends
Page 6..............Figure 12, Regulus and the end star of Ursa Major rise; Draco and Vega set
Page 7..............Figure 13, Mira Ceti sets; Spica rises; Arcturus raises Draco; Hercules nodes
Page 8..............Mira Ceti and Pleiades rise; Hyades rising; Antares sets
Page 9..............Transcription of Etruscan Signs and Alphabets
Page 13..............Introduction
Page 19..............The Etruscan Language
Page 25..............The Etruscans
Page 29..............THE DECIPHERMENT
Page 29..............A Note on Method
Page 30..............The Astronomical Nature of the Etruscan Bronze Liver of Piacenza
Page 31..............Linguistic and Astronomical Analysis
Page 31..............THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BRONZE LIVER
Page 31..............Etruscan USILS = Latvian SAULE (the Sun, the day)
Page 31..............Etruscan TIVS = Latvian DIEVS (the Moon, the night sky)
Page 32..............General Discussion
Page 34..............The Dark Circles on the Underside of the Bronze Liver
Page 35..............THE TOP SIDE OF THE BRONZE LIVER
Page 35..............Etruscan FUFLUNS = the Pleiades
Page 41..............Etruscan THUFLTAS FUFLUS = the Hyades
Page 46..............Etruscan SELVA = Sirius
Page 49..............Etruscan TIN = Antares
Page 53..............Etruscan MARIS = Mira Ceti
Page 60..............Etruscan VEDISL = Boötes (-SL genitive)
..............Etruscan CILENSL = Ursa Minor (-SL genitive)
..............Etruscan CVLALP = Arcturus
Page 63..............Etruscan TLUSC = Draco
Page 66..............Etruscan TLUSC AR M = Alpha Omega (snake with tail in mouth)
Page 67..............Etruscan end -SL = genitive case
Page 68..............Etruscan end -F = accusative case, direct object
Page 68..............Etruscan CEL = the verb "raises [lifts]"
Page 69..............Etruscan CILEN = "rise"
Page 71..............Etruscan LETHMS = "setting, while setting"
..............Etruscan LETHNS = "the setting"
..............Etruscan LETHAM = "while jumping"
..............Etruscan LATH = "jumps?" // "stall"?
..............Etruscan LETHN = "setting"
Page 73..............Etruscan THVF = "ascends, becomes
Page 74..............Etruscan ANITHNE = "rising high"
Page 74..............Etruscan UNIMAE = "culmination"
Page 75..............Etruscan TECUM = "descending"
Page 75..............Etruscan LVSA = "break, fall, descent"
Page 76..............Etruscan ETH = "goes"
Page 76..............Etruscan CATH = "when"
Page 77..............Etruscan NETH = "nexes"
Page 78..............Etruscan SATRES = Vega / Lyra
Page 79..............Etruscan LVSL VELX = Regulus
Page 80..............Etruscan TH = "here" (locative)
Page 81..............Etruscan TV = "near"
Page 81..............Etruscan METLVMTH = "throws Virgo here"
Page 83..............Etruscan HERC = Hercules
Page 84..............Etruscan LETA = "the hidden" [also = the Swan at Perseus]
Page 84..............Etruscan LASL = Orion (-SL genitive)
Page 87..............OTHER ASTRONOMICAL SYSTEMS
Page 87..............A Nearly Identical Micronesian Sky Dome
Page 89..............Similarities to Sumerian Astronomical Texts
Page 91..............Similarities to Egyptian Astronomical Texts
Page 92..............Similarities to Ancient Chinese, Mayan and Aztec Astronomy
Page 94..............Additional Evidence in the Names of the Etruscan Months
Page 96..............Summary of the Decipherment
Page 98..............Bibliography of Sources

The Etruscan Bronze Liver of Piacenza is recognized to be
an (erroneously) so-called "Roman haruspex"
and there is no doubt that it involves ancient astronomy.