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Journal | Axon
Monographic journal issue | 3 | 2 | 2019
Research Article | Economic Aspects of a New 5th Century BC Arcade Sacrificial Calendar

Economic Aspects of a New 5th Century BC Arcade Sacrificial Calendar

Abstract

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.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: July 18, 2019 | Accepted: Aug. 24, 2019 | Published Dec. 23, 2019 | Language: it

Keywords Spits • Coinage • Arkadia • Sacrificial calendar • Proto-monetary • Economics

Copyright © 2019 Emilio Rosamilia. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2019/06/021


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