This book is the first complete analysis of and comment on a unique
Etruscan document, the Liber linteus zagrabiensis, the linen book of
Zagreb, better known as the Mummy Wrappings of Zagreb, dated to the
first half of the second century BC, containing the longest Etruscan
text (c. 1330 words). It was made in Etruria and later on reused in
Egypt. There the book was cut into eight strips, five of which were
partly preserved. The book contains twelve columns or 'pages'. C. 60% of
the original text has been preserved.