- Giuseppe Sassatelli and Elisabetta Govi –
between aristocrats fi nalized at the end of the text with the signature of the guarantor who
wrote the inscription. The confi rmation of a full and generalized acquisition of writing
across the Po Valley area controlled by the Etruscans comes from the addition of two
stone cippi from Rubiera in the Secchia valley, funerary monuments dating from the late
seventh and early sixth century bc, inscribed and decorated in relief with Orientalizing
motifs (Fig. 15.7).
Figure 15.5 Biconical vase with stamped decoration from Bologna
(Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna).Figure 15.6 Malvasia Tortorelli Stele from Bologna (Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna).