Latino-Punic Epigraphy

Kerr, Robert Malcolm

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“…He rejected this hypothesis because of the lack of attestation of such a meaning in the Canaanite branch of North-West Semitic; but it seems to be a common semantic development for a noun derived from the widely attested Semitic base √ nṣb ‘situate, set up, raise, erect’ and thus ‘plant’. Kerr's only (2010, 194 n. 3) criticism of Adams' reconstruction is that “such a neologism [ centenarium ] would be better suited in Northern Europe”, and that “rye […] was not farmed in the pre-desert”. Whatever should be the cereal intended by the Latin noun centenum (a topic already discussed), this latter word, with the meaning of a kind of grain, is clearly reflected in Romance, Berber and Arabic lexicon of North Africa and Iberian Peninsula: therefore, it is a sure basis for an etymology.…”

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“…IRT 889 = Elmayer 1983, 90–91= Elmayer 1984, 149–50 = Elmayer 1985, 82–83 = KAI 5 179 = Jongeling and Kerr 2005, 62–63 = Kerr 2010, 185–89.…”

Section: Catalogue Of Inscriptions (It) and Related Archaeological Rementioning

confidence: 99%

“…IRT 877 = Goodchild 1951 (1976, 101, pl. 39) = Elmayer 1983, 87–88 = KAI 5 304 = Jongeling and Kerr 2005, 63–64 = Kerr 2010, 189–91.…”

Section: Catalogue Of Inscriptions (It) and Related Archaeological Rementioning

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Centenarium

Munzi¹,

Schirru

Tantillo

2014

Libyan Stud

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The neuter substantivecentenariumappears in a series of documents to designate a particular type of building. The etymology and precise meaning of this word have long been debated by scholars, who have proposed a wide range of explanations, none of which appears to be entirely satisfactory. In this paper, we put forward a different solution, taking into account textual, archaeological and linguistic evidence. In our opinion, the wordcentenariumcomes fromcentenum, which means a kind of a cereal; thus,centenariumindicates a ‘fortified grain-house’. It seems probable that originalcentenariawere military structures of varying shape and size, first created in the third century and then spreading in the Tetrarchic period. They appear to be distinctive of the African provinces, from which comes most of the evidence, but one cannot exclude that the same name was applied to similar structures in other parts of the Empire (such as in the Iberian Peninsula, for instance). The militarycentenariawere later imitated by private landlords – maybe even indigenous chieftains in charge of the defence of sectors of the frontier – who transferred the name to their unofficial or para-official defensive structures. This process of emulation was already advanced in Constantinian age.

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Section: Origin Of the Namementioning

confidence: 99%

“…IRT 889 = Elmayer 1983, 90–91= Elmayer 1984, 149–50 = Elmayer 1985, 82–83 = KAI 5 179 = Jongeling and Kerr 2005, 62–63 = Kerr 2010, 185–89.…”

Section: Catalogue Of Inscriptions (It) and Related Archaeological Rementioning

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Centenarium

Munzi¹,

Schirru

Tantillo

2014

Libyan Stud

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“… 43 Research on the onomastics of Punic inscription: Benz (1972); Jongeling (1984, 1994); Sznycer (1986); Vattioni (1996); De Simone (2000); Elmayer (2006, 2019); Di Vita-Evrard (2009); Kerr (2010); Solin (2012). …”

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Roman Carthage – An Ethnic Conglomeration? A Study of the Anthroponymy of an African Metropolis

Świerk

2022

Antichthon

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This article discusses nearly 1,200 names of individuals appearing in inscriptions from Roman Carthage. The aim of the study is to answer the question whether there are indications in the anthroponymic tradition that may support the thesis of the multiculturalism of the city. The analyses focus primarily on the cognomen, which constitutes the most individualized element of the Roman naming system. Besides the unquestioned, dominating role of the nomenclature that was typical of the Roman cultural circle, local onomastics also revealed the relationships that existed between local traditions, which were mainly of Punic origins, as well as the influences of eastern migrations. An important point in the analysis of names with Punic and Greek provenance, and the Latin cognomina described as African, was to consider the abundance of their occurrence in each social group. Thus, names could be examined not only as a possible marker of ethnicity, but also as a marker of social affiliation, which is important especially in the context of cognomina graeca. In the last part of the article, the results are presented in a broader regional context, with the aim of presenting the specificity of the anthroponymy of Roman Carthage.

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The Linguistic Prehistory of the Sahara

Blench¹

2019

Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond

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Latino-Punic Epigraphy

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Centenarium

Roman Carthage – An Ethnic Conglomeration? A Study of the Anthroponymy of an African Metropolis

The Linguistic Prehistory of the Sahara

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