New Gaulish Inscriptions Celtic Spring 23 May 2012 Prof Dr David Stifter Dept of Old and Middle Irish School of Celtic Studies NUI Maynooth New Gaulish Inscriptions 1 I The Pottery of Lucius ID: 318889
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University of CopenhagenNew Gaulish InscriptionsCeltic Spring · 23 May 2012
Prof. Dr. David StifterDept. of Old and Middle IrishSchool of Celtic StudiesNUI Maynooth
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I.The Pottery of Lucius Cosius (L-143a-c)New Gaulish Inscriptions
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Source: Allard Mees, Modelsignierte Dekorationen auf südgallischer Terra Sigillata [= Forschungen und Berichte zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Baden-Württemberg 54], Stuttgart: Theiss 1995
Lucius Cosius
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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
L. Cosius’ Series Celebrating Trajan’s Victories
Partu(s)
Decibalu(s)
Germani Arsacidae
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Lucius Cosius (L-143a)Decibale · n[….]
ateuaneDecibale: vocative of Decibalus, last king of the Dacians († 106 A.D.)ateuane: 2sg imperative of *ate-u̯an-e/o- (ate- = ‘re-’,
u̯an- = ‘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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Found in La Graufesenque 1980Slide6
Lucius Cosius (L-143a)
DECIBALE · N[….]ATEVANE‘Decibalus, do not strike again!’ or‘Decibalus, now, slay yourself!’6
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nuto· […]
dusạ[.]ḅịDecibaledumeṇus[.]ṭ?ụ·bṛ[..][…]nu
[…]coui[…]u
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Lucius
Cosius (L-143b+c)
Vase of Blain (FR), found 1868
Found in Clermont-Ferrand
cp.: .[
m[
u·b.[
raian[
tutuei.[
trasato[
Found in Kaiseraugst (SUI),
1970-74Slide8
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Lucius CosiusFound in Vertault (FR)]TV[.][]TRA[]OST[
]A?NC[][.]I[Slide9
9New Gaulish InscriptionsLucius Cosius
Found in La Graufesenque 1979L CosiDecibalu (2×)
PartuSlide10
To appear in:David Stifter, ‘New early second-century Gaulish texts from La Graufesenque (L‑143a‑c)‘, Keltische Forschungen 5 (2010-11 [2012])
Lucius Cosius (L-143)
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II.The Lead-plate from Rezé (L-142)New Gaulish Inscriptions
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Rezé (L-142)
Lead plate from Rezé (mouth of River Loire, 2nd c. A.D.), receipt of debt repayments, business notes?12
A1:alissui
u[.]allosat
SS
-XX[..]S[..]
trilu -XXXV
SS
H
S
paetru
te
. -XXVIII S=
pixte XV
I S
==
suexxe XS=
suanmanu -XVIIII-.-------------------suma -XDXXX HSO S=
third(ly?)
fourth(ly?)
fifth(ly?)
sixth(ly?)
repeated in B1 with some errorsSlide13
Rezé (L-142)
13A3: serinotisequndodinariIu
XXXV
B4:setigi prino
ascani usare
boletu XV
this sells
Secundus
for-denars
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this ... buys/bought (?)
Ascanius are
for-boleti (?) 15Slide14
To appear in:Pierre-Yves Lambert & David Stifter, ‘Le texte gaulois de Rezé’, Études Celtiques 38 (2012), forthc.
Rezé (L-142)
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III.The Chartres DefixioNew Gaulish Inscriptions15Slide16
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ChartresSlide17
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A:Vatumaros · Senouiri ·Cantognatos Virato ·Conbarilos AberxtobogiiRaros · Esuatexti · ToutisaAlignati · seto(?) · cantipisontassondios · adgario ·duti · so · adogarie olusami
loguardicni* tascouipus adgariontas eti · so · adgarie...
Minio · Mario
*
locnardicni
(?)
ChartresSlide18
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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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New Gaulish Inscriptions19Names (format IN + Patr, Gent. + Cogn.):
Vatumaros SenouiriCantognatos ViratoConbarilos AberxtobogiiRaros Esuatexti Toutisa Alignati Minio · MarioPaulo TasguniasToutisa Vi
(m)pili
Chartres
inverted order?:
Tasguni Abrestubogiu
Cornuto Cornilio
Lami
Eponicnos
unclear:
olusami
Loguardicni
Tascouipus ?
Cornuti
Felic
e
(uo
·
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New Gaulish Inscriptions20Recurrences:
(s.?)eto cantipisontas A5 = eto cantipisontas B5duti so adogarie A7 = duti so cantigarie B9eti so adgarie A9, eti Cornuti B6adgario[s] A6, adogarie A7, adgariont(-)as A9,
adgarie A9cantigarie B9cantipisont(-)as
A5, B5sondios A4, sondiobi B10
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To appear in:Études Celtiques
Chartres21
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My acknowledgements go toFritz MitthofPierre-Yves LambertNew Gaulish Inscriptions
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Thank you very much for your attention
Prof. Dr. David StifterDept. of Old and Middle IrishSchool of CelticNational University of Ireland Maynooth
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