Tabula Capuana

Tabula Capuana
MaterialTerracotta
Height60 cm
Width50 cm
Createdc. 470 BC
Discovered1898
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Campania, Italy
Present locationBerlin, Germany
LanguageEtruscan

The Tabula Capuana ("Tablet from Capua"; Ital. Tavola Capuana), is an ancient terracotta slab, 50 by 60 cm (20 by 24 in), with a long inscribed text in Etruscan, dated to around 470 BCE, apparently a ritual calendar. About 390 words are legible, making it the second-most extensive surviving Etruscan text. The longest is the linen book (Liber Linteus), also a ritual calendar, used in ancient Egypt for mummy wrappings, now at Zagreb. The Tabula Capuana is located in the Altes Museum, Berlin.