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Fascicolo monografico | 3 | 2 | 2019
Articolo | Aspetti economici di un nuovo calendario sacrificale arcade del V secolo a.C.

Aspetti economici di un nuovo calendario sacrificale arcade del V secolo a.C.

In 2015, a new 22-line-long fifth-century-BC Arkadian inscription was published for the first time. While prior editors thought that the document dealt with rites pertaining to a single festival, a new interpretation of the text as a sacrificial calendar covering a few months is here envisaged. In addition, closer examination of the inscription’s economic aspects calls for a lower dating. Although spits recur twice, local silver coinage is likely mentioned in line 22. Therefore, the text cannot be earlier than the mid-fifth century BC. Lastly, an educated guess is made about the nature of the “one-hundred” mentioned in line 10.


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Presentato: 18 Luglio 2019 | Accettato: 24 Agosto 2019 | Pubblicato: 23 Dicembre 2019 | Lingua: it

Keywords Economics Spits Proto-monetary Arkadia Coinage Sacrificial calendar


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