THE BRONZE TABLES OF IGUVIUM Very Good+ with no dust jacket

American Philogical Assocation, 1959

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Année

1959

Auteur

Poultney, James Wilson

Éditeurs

American Philogical Assocation

Thème

Italian Studies Classical Greek & Roman Archaeological, Collections Archaeology Umbria Italy Latin Literature, Linguistics Indo-european

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Very Good+ with no dust jacket

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Hardcover

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Minor shelfwear. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). ; The Iguvine Tables were a series of seven bronze tablets discovered at Iguvium, contemporary Gubbio, in Italy in the year 1444. The earliest tablets were probably written in the 3rd century BC in the native Umbrian alphabet, the latest in the 1st century BC in the Latin alphabet. The tablets contain religious inscriptions that memorialize the acts and rites of the Atiedian Brethren, a group of 12 priests of Jupiter with important municipal functions at Iguvium. They are written in the Umbrian language, one of the Italic languages, a not-too-distant relative of Latin. They shed light on the grammar of this ancient dead language, and also on the religious practices of classical paganism. They appear to be written in an accentual metre, similar to the Saturnian metre that is encountered in the earliest Latin poetry. Includes Grammar, text, translation and extensive commentary. ; Philological Monographs, Number XVII; 333 pages