Unearthed in the countryside near Cortona in 1992 in seven fragments (the eighth fragment is missing), the so-called Tabula Cortonensis contains one of the longest inscriptions in Etruscan known to us, with 40 lines of text distributed on both sides (32 on the front and 8 on the back), engraved into soft bronze, possibly by two different hands. A small knob on the top part of the tabula was for attaching it onto a track or on a shelf rack, probably within a private archive.
Somewhat problematic to read, the text records a sale of prize land (including vineyards) around Lake Trasimene, in the presence of the chief magistrate of the city of Cortona. According to current interpretation, an oil merchant – probably of Umbrian origin – named Petru Šcevas is selling the land to the aristocratic Cušu family in the presence of 15 witnesses.