Fresh Batch #134: Mythological Imperialism

The Gammadion, Etruscan France, and the Armorican Language

Most of what people believe about the origins of Antipolis (Antibes) is a result of interpreting texts. There were Etruscan artifacts found there, but much of Europe’s history is clouded due to mythological imperialism, which was a whole industry that the Greeks employed to reinvent the origins of locations on the fringes of their region and imagine their founding by legendary Greek kings and the like.

The following is an Etruscan amber pendant of a ship with figures dated to 600-575 BC.

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According to the description provided by the Getty, “The ship of 76.AO.76 has many earlier and contemporary comparisons in the archaeological remains and in the art of the ancient Mediterranean, especially among small three-dimensional representations in terracotta, bronze, and other materials, carved stone reliefs, Etruscan wall painting, and most particularly Greek vase painting. The subject also figures on coins and gems. The Etruscan shipwrecks at Giglio, Antibes, Marseilles, and Pisa offer extraordinary information about the actual vessels. Taken together, the corpus of ancient material allows a very particular knowledge of ships and ancient seafaring, even though in the images some elements of the ship’s architecture [may be] telescoped, others expanded or otherwise exaggerated, while others [may be] disproportionately small or ignored entirely. (S. Wachsman, Seagoing Ships and Seamanship in the Bronze Age Levant (College Station, TX, 1997), p. 198.)”

Vauvenargues (on Mont S. Victoire) is the site of a Roman fort where other Etruscan objects were found, which were also found at the mouth of the Rhône, close to Massalia. The Etruscans allegedly introduced wine-making into France. The following is an Etruscan winepress from Lattara, France.

Etruscan Winepress Found at Lattara, France via ResearchGate

Here is what the Etruscan settlement Lattara looks like at the present day.

Lattara

There were Etruscan artifacts found at Vix (Côte d’Or, Burgundy), near the Celtic fortress of Mont Lassois.

Vix. Mont Lassois

Etruscan objects were found at Gorge-Meillet (Marne), Haute-Marne (Northeast France), Mercey-sur-Saône, Conliège, and there were finds near the city Tours. I’ve tried to find photos that I can share, but there isn’t much on the internet, despite the extensive private collections published in books that I don’t have the rights to. That being said, the presence of Etrusco-Phoenicians, and subsequently the Romans, indicates we may find clues in the Armoric language about this ancient history. But that work must be done by more qualified people who understand the language.

In the previous article, I highlighted a unique characteristic about the Armorican language I’ve never seen anywhere else. Despite this, the language is observably connected to Latin. Regarding the Pronouns of this language, there are four: Me signifies I, Te is You, En is He, and He is She. Edward Lhuyd covers this in his Archaeologia Britannica, p. 184.

Lhuyd wrote (Ib.), “Pronouns Possessive, such as Ma, Mine; Da, Thine; E, His; He, Her; Hon, Our; Ho, Your; O, Their; As also Pe or Pebez? What? Pet? How many? Vre benac, Somebody, &c. are all undeclined, and of both Genders and Numbers.

“The Interrogative Piou [who?] makes Pe hini in the Plural Number, and An hini [He that] makes A re or Arre.”

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