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Read a bit of ancient Etruscan (4)

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I believe the answer is:

scan

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'read' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a bit of ancient etruscan' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for scan that I've seen before include "MRI or CAT say" , "Scrutinise; glance over" , "Type of examination" , "Traverse with a detector" , "Convert (a document) to a digital form" .)

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