Transcript New Gaulish Inscriptions

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New Gaulish Inscriptions
Celtic Spring · 23 May 2012
Prof. Dr. David Stifter
Dept. of Old and Middle Irish
School of Celtic Studies
NUI Maynooth
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I.
The Pottery of Lucius Cosius (L-143a-c)
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Lucius Cosius
Source: Allard Mees, Modelsignierte Dekorationen auf südgallischer Terra Sigillata
[= Forschungen und Berichte zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Baden-Württemberg
54], Stuttgart: Theiss 1995
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L. Cosius’ Series Celebrating Trajan’s Victories
worked in La Graufesenque
highly individual style
exported products to entire empire
finds from all over Europe
active around 110-120 A.D.
triumph held by Hadrian for Trajan in Sept. 118;
ludi Parthici set up by Senate
Partu(s)
Germani Arsacidae
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Decibalu(s)
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Lucius Cosius (L-143a)
Decibale · n[….]
ateuane
Found in La Graufesenque 1980
Decibale: vocative of Decibalus, last king of the Dacians († 106 A.D.)
ateuane: 2sg imperative of *ate-u̯ an-e/o- (ate- = ‘re-’, u̯ an- = ‘to strike, wound’; cp.
OIr. ad·goin ‘to wound again‘‚ MW adwanaf ‘to strike again’; Gaul. PN Atuanos)
n[…]: ne | ateuane ‘do not strike again!’, or nu·te | ateuane ‘now, slay yourself!’ ?
(cp. nu gnate de dama gussou ‘now, son, don’t yield to violence’ (L-66, Plate of Lezoux)
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Lucius Cosius (L-143a)
DECIBALE · N[….]
ATEVANE
‘Decibalus, do not strike again!’
or
‘Decibalus, now, slay yourself!’
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Lucius Cosius (L-143b+c)
Vase of Blain (FR), found 1868
nuto· […]
dusạ[.]ḅị
Decibale
dumeṇus
[.]ṭ?ụ·bṛ[..]
[…]nu
[…]coui
Found in Clermont-Ferrand
[…]u
cp.:
.[
m[
u·b.[
raian[
tutuei.[
trasato[
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Found in Kaiseraugst (SUI),
1970-74
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Lucius Cosius
]TV[.][
]TRA[
]OST[
]A?NC[
][.]I[
Found in Vertault (FR)
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Lucius Cosius
L Cosi
Decibalu (2×)
Partu
Found in La Graufesenque 1979
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Lucius Cosius (L-143)
To appear in:
David Stifter, ‘New early second-century Gaulish texts from La Graufesenque (L-143A-C)‘,
Keltische Forschungen 5 (2010-11 [2012])
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II.
The Lead-plate from Rezé (L-142)
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Rezé (L-142)
A1:
alissuiu[.]allosat SS -XX[..]S[..]
trilu -XXXVSS HS
paetrute .
-XXVIII S=
pixte
XVI S==
suexxe
XS=
suanmanu
-XVIIII-.
------------------suma
-XDXXX HSO S=
third(ly?)
fourth(ly?)
fifth(ly?)
sixth(ly?)
repeated in B1 with some errors
Lead plate from Rezé (mouth of River Loire, 2nd c.
A.D.), receipt of debt repayments, business notes?
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Rezé (L-142)
A3:
serinoti
sequndo
dinariIu
XXXV
this sells
Secundus
for-denars
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B4:
setigi prino
ascani usare
boletu XV
this ... buys/bought (?)
Ascanius are
for-boleti (?) 15
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Rezé (L-142)
To appear in:
Pierre-Yves Lambert & David Stifter, ‘Le texte gaulois de Rezé’, Études Celtiques 38
(2012), forthc.
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III.
The Chartres Defixio
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Chartres
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Chartres
A:
Vatumaros · Senouiri ·
Cantognatos Virato ·
Conbarilos Aberxtobogii
Raros · Esuatexti · Toutisa
Alignati · seto(?) · cantipisontas
sondios · adgario ·
duti · so · adogarie olusami
loguardicni* tascouipus
adgariontas eti · so · adgarie...
Minio · Mario
*
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locnardicni (?)
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Chartres
B:
Tasguni · Abrestubogiu ·
Paulo Tasgunias ·
Cornuto · Cornilio ·
Lami · Eponicnos ·
eto · cantipisontas ·
eti · Cornuti ·
Toutisa · Vi(m)pili ·
Felice · uo · contest[
duti · so · cantigarie ·
sondiobi ·
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Chartres
Names
(format IN + Patr, Gent. + Cogn.):
Vatumaros Senouiri
Cantognatos Virato
Conbarilos Aberxtobogii
Raros Esuatexti
Toutisa Alignati
Minio · Mario
Paulo Tasgunias
Toutisa Vi(m)pili
inverted order?:
Tasguni Abrestubogiu
Cornuto Cornilio
Lami Eponicnos
unclear:
olusami Loguardicni Tascouipus ?
Cornuti
Felice (uo · contest[)
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Chartres
Recurrences:
(s.?)eto cantipisontas A5 = eto cantipisontas B5
duti so adogarie A7 = duti so cantigarie B9
eti so adgarie A9, eti Cornuti B6
adgario[s] A6, adogarie A7, adgariont(-)as A9, adgarie A9
cantigarie B9
cantipisont(-)as A5, B5
sondios A4, sondiobi B10
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Chartres
To appear in:
Études Celtiques
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My acknowledgements go to
Fritz Mitthof
Pierre-Yves Lambert
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Thank you very much
for your attention
Prof. Dr. David Stifter
Dept. of Old and Middle Irish
School of Celtic
National University of Ireland
Maynooth
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