Editing Etruscan language (section)

====Rings and ringstones====
Among the most plunderable portables from the Etruscan tombs of [[Etruria]] are the finely engraved gemstones set in patterned gold to form circular or ovoid pieces intended to go on finger rings. Around one centimeter in size, they are dated to the Etruscan apogee from the second half of the sixth to the first centuries BC. The two main theories of manufacture are native Etruscan<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Gem#Etruscan_Gems |display=Gem § ''Etruscan Gems'' |volume=11 |page=566 |first1=Alexander Stuart |last1=Murray |first2=Arthur Hamilton |last2=Smith}}</ref> and Greek.<ref>[http://www.cvaonline.org/Gems/Styles/Etruscan2/Script/MythFrameset.htm Beazley Archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527005211/http://www.cvaonline.org/Gems/Styles/Etruscan2/Script/MythFrameset.htm |date=2011-05-27 }}.</ref> The materials are mainly dark red [[carnelian]], with [[agate]] and [[sard]] entering usage from the third to the first centuries BC, along with purely gold finger rings with a hollow engraved [[bezel setting]]. The engravings, mainly cameo, but sometimes intaglio, depict [[Dung beetle|scarabs]] at first and then scenes from Greek mythology, often with heroic personages called out in Etruscan. The gold setting of the bezel bears a border design, such as cabling.