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Epigraphic and linguistic observations on the inscription at the so-called Mur d’Hannibal (Liddes, Valais)

  • Joseph F. Eska EMAIL logo und Charlene M. Eska
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 22. November 2022
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Abstract

This paper argues that the inscription engraved in the Alphabet of Lugano in sinistrograde ductus at the so-called Mur d’Hannibal (Liddes, Valais, Switzerland) should be read as Poenino | ieur{e}u ‘he dedicated to P.’ The first form is a thematic dative singular. The desinence may well be Latin, but a case is made that it could be a Celtic desinence that displays a regional phonological development. The fourth character of the second form is a reversed Roman open Я, well attested in Cisalpine and Transalpine Celtic epigraphy. This form also displays a token of dittography, a phenomenon attested elsewhere in the Continental Celtic epigraphic corpus.

Online erschienen: 2022-11-22
Erschienen im Druck: 2022-12-05

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