Open Access Text Corpus: Etruscan Texts Project (ETP)

Etruscan Texts Project (ETP)

Etruscan Texts Project (ETP) is an online editio minor of Etruscan inscriptions published under the auspices of the Classics Department and the Center for Etruscan Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The database is an integral part of the Center’s mission to advance research in the area of Etruscan language studies. Reliable web resources devoted to the study of the Etruscan language are virtually non-existent so the presence of ETP establishes a scholarly outpost on the frontier of the electronic medium.

ETP makes available to the scholarly community in a user-friendly format recently recovered Etruscan inscriptions. The corpus includes inscriptions that have been recovered since 1988 and thus not published in Rix et al. Etruskische Texte (1991). ETP updates its corpus on a monthly basis as Etruscan inscriptions are recovered and made public.

The advantage of an electronic format for the publication of inscriptions is no longer controversial. The site can be updated as inscriptions are recovered. By publishing Etruscan texts electronically the amount of time elapsing between the discovery of an inscription and its appearance in a scholarly forum can be greatly reduced thus permitting more efficient transmission of scholarly data. And given the rising cost of print productions and decreases in funding for library resources, an electronic publication ensures that an international community of scholars has free and unlimited access to the most recently edited Etruscan documents. Advances in the knowledge of the language, history, and the culture of the Etruscans take place only if Etruscan inscriptions are made available to scholarly community in a timely fashion...

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