Extremely rare are bilingual texts featuring Etruscan. The discovery in 1964 of the gold tablets was of extraordinary importance for advancing our understanding of the Etruscan language.They present two texts inscribed in Etruscan and one in Phoenician; the language of the city of Carthage and its colonies. - Date : End of the 6th century BC.Found at the Sactuary of Pyrgi (Italy).The tablets record that Thefarie Velianas; designated the king of Caere in the Phoenician text; dedicates a 鈥榮acred place' to the goddess Astarte; Uni for the Etruscans. On a historical level; the dedication in Phoenician on the part of Thefarie serves as clear confirmation of the close bonds linking the Etruscans and Carthaginians from the time of the Battle of Aleria (ca. 540 BCE); a period of great expansion for Carthage in the Mediterranean. - Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia ( National Etruscan Museum; Musee National Etrusque; Etruskisches Nationalmuseum der Villa Giulia).Rome; Italy. 2021.