Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / L.B. van Der Meer -- Preface / L.B. van Der Meer -- Abbreviations / L.B. van Der Meer -- Introduction / L.B. van Der Meer -- The history of the discovery / L.B. van Der Meer -- Description / L.B. van Der Meer -- The regions and the inscriptions / L.B. van Der Meer -- Date and provenance / L.B. van Der Meer -- The current state of affairs / L.B. van Der Meer -- The sixteen regions and Martianus Capella / L.B. van Der Meer -- The origin of the sixteen-partite heaven / L.B. van Der Meer -- The inscriptions / L.B. van Der Meer -- The gods and their context / L.B. van Der Meer -- Chronological aspects / L.B. van Der Meer -- Pars familiaris and pars hostilis / L.B. van Der Meer -- Chaldean influences? / L.B. van Der Meer -- The origin of Etruscan liver consulting / L.B. van Der Meer -- Summary / L.B. van Der Meer -- General appendices / L.B. van Der Meer -- Notes / L.B. van Der Meer -- List of abbreviations / L.B. van Der Meer -- List of illustrations / L.B. van Der Meer.

This book deals with the Iecur Placentinum, the bronze model of a sheep's liver, bearing 42 Etruscan inscriptions. The Piacenza Liver is a highly interesting document of the utmost importance for the understanding of Etruscan religion. It will appear that the network with the inscribed names of divinities on both sides of the Liver depicts a microcosmos reflecting the macrocosmos, the Etruscan division of heaven.

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