Another example comes from a long inscription on a scroll held in the hands of a sculptured figure on another sarcophagus in the Tarquinia museum. It contains the word _lucairce_. In the text of the Zagreb mummy-wrapping mention is made of ceremonies celebrated _lauchumneti_, presumably a noun with an ending showing a place relation, and obviously related in root to _lucairce_. And both seem connected with the word _lucumo_, used in Latin to refer to Etruscan chiefs or kings. _Lucairce_ contains the ending _-ce_ which we interpreted on the Tomb of Orcus inscription as verbal; it might mean “was king (or chief).” In that case _lauchumneti_, with its locative ending, might mean “in the (priest)-king’s house” (Latin _Regia_). Thus by reasoning from the known to the unknown we can find evidence from the Etruscans themselves that at some stage they were ruled by kings. Since the Tarquinia sarcophagus with the scroll is on the evidence of artistic techniques dated late (second century B.C., a date at which the Roman Republic fully controlled Etruria), we must suppose that by that date the _lucumo_ had been reduced to a mere priestly function, much as in Rome itself the priest who in Republican times discharged the sacred duties once performed by Rome’s kings (_reges_) was still called the _rex sacrorum_. A final example. On Etruscan inscriptions occurs a root _purth-_, with by-forms _purthne_, _purtsvana_, _eprthne_, _eprthni_, _eprthnevc_. This looks like the root which occurs in the name of the king of Clusium, transliterated by the Romans Lars Porsenna, he who in the _Lays of Ancient Rome_ swore by the Nine Gods. The same root probably occurs in the Greek _prytanis_, which means something like “senator.” Clearly another official of importance is referred to here. In sum, archaeologists looking for evidence of Etruscan political organization have found such outward signs of pomp as fasces, plus evidence for magistrates resembling the later Roman dictator, praetor, priest-king, senator, and for cities probably combined into a league. * * * * * If inscriptions can be made to yield this kind of evidence, what can we say about the state of our knowledge about the Etruscan language in general? The same kind of combinatory method applied to other inscriptions yields with patience results justifying the statement that progress, though agonizingly slow, is being made. Many short inscriptions can be read entire: they are usually funerary, and give the names, filiation, and age of the deceased. Here is an example, from yet another sarcophagus in the Tarquinia museum: _partunus vel velthurus_ _satlnal-c_ _ramthas clan_ “Partuni Vel of Velthur and of Satlnei Ramtha the son, _avils_ _XXIIX lupu_ of years 28, dead.”