University of Copenhagen New Gaulish Inscriptions Celtic Spring

University of Copenhagen 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 Cosius (L-143 a-c) New Gaulish Inscriptions 2

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 New Gaulish Inscriptions 3

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 New Gaulish Inscriptions Decibalu(s) 4

Lucius Cosius (L-143 a) XX XX Decibale · n[…. ] ateuane Found in La Graufesenque 1980 Decibale: vocative of Decibalus, last king of the Dacians († 106 A. D. ) ateuane: 2 sg imperative of *ate-u an-e/o- (ate- = ‘re-’, u 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) New Gaulish Inscriptions 5

Lucius Cosius (L-143 a) DECIBALE · N[…. ] ATEVANE ‘Decibalus, do not strike again!’ or ‘Decibalus, now, slay yourself!’ New Gaulish Inscriptions 6

Lucius Cosius (L-143 b+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[ New Gaulish Inscriptions Found in Kaiseraugst (SUI), 1970 -74 7

Lucius Cosius ]TV[. ][ ]TRA[ ]OST[ ]A? NC[ ][. ]I[ Found in Vertault (FR) New Gaulish Inscriptions 8

Lucius Cosius L Cosi Decibalu (2×) Partu Found in La Graufesenque 1979 New Gaulish Inscriptions 9

Lucius Cosius (L-143) To appear in: David Stifter, ‘New early second-century Gaulish texts from La Graufesenque (L‑ 143 A‑C)‘, Keltische Forschungen 5 (2010 -11 [2012]) New Gaulish Inscriptions 10

II. The Lead-plate from Rezé (L-142) New Gaulish Inscriptions 11

Rezé (L-142) A 1: 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 B 1 with some errors Lead plate from Rezé (mouth of River Loire, 2 nd c. A. D. ), receipt of debt repayments, business notes? 12

Rezé (L-142) A 3: serinoti sequndo dinari. Iu XXXV this sells Secundus for-denars 35 B 4: setigi prino ascani usare boletu XV this. . . buys/bought (? ) Ascanius are for-boleti (? ) 15 13

Rezé (L-142) To appear in: Pierre-Yves Lambert & David Stifter, ‘Le texte gaulois de Rezé’, Études Celtiques 38 (2012), forthc. New Gaulish Inscriptions 14

III. The Chartres Defixio New Gaulish Inscriptions 15

Chartres New Gaulish Inscriptions 16

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 * locnardicni (? ) New Gaulish Inscriptions 17

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 · New Gaulish Inscriptions 18

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[) New Gaulish Inscriptions 19

Chartres Recurrences: (s. ? )eto cantipisontas A 5 = eto cantipisontas B 5 duti so adogarie A 7 = duti so cantigarie B 9 eti so adgarie A 9, eti Cornuti B 6 adgario[s] A 6, adogarie A 7, adgariont(-)as A 9, adgarie A 9 cantigarie B 9 cantipisont(-)as A 5, B 5 sondios A 4, sondiobi B 10 New Gaulish Inscriptions 20

Chartres To appear in: Études Celtiques New Gaulish Inscriptions 21

My acknowledgements go to Fritz Mitthof Pierre-Yves Lambert New Gaulish Inscriptions 22

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 New Gaulish Inscriptions 23