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2023
Some remarks on a magical nail with an apotropaic inscription addressed to Artemis.
URBANOVÁ, Daniela and Barta ANDREABasic information
Original name
Some remarks on a magical nail with an apotropaic inscription addressed to Artemis.
Name in Czech
Několik poznámek k magickému hřebíku s apotropaickým nápisem adresovaným Artemidě
Authors
URBANOVÁ, Daniela and Barta ANDREA
Edition
Sixth International Workshop on Computational Latin Dialectology, 2023
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
60202 Specific languages
Country of publisher
Hungary
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Keywords (in Czech)
magický hřebík; apotropaický nápis; Artemis; Salomon
Keywords in English
magical nail; apotropaic inscription; Artemis; Salomon
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Změněno: 17/12/2023 14:09, prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
The most famous Latin magical nail with quite a long inscription carved on all four sides addresses the dogs of Artemis and Solomon. First acquired by Hon. W. Temple, Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in the first half of the 19th century (1832–1856), the nail came into the possession of The British Museum in London following Temple’s death. It was first published by Orioli (s.d.) who did not state any information about the archaeological context or the provenance. This was followed by another partial publication with a drawing by W. Henzen in 1846 which generated a vivid scholarly discussion in the following century and a half, see recently Bevilacqua 2001. Both the poorly readable letterforms and the substandard spelling raise several questions about the interpretation. Nevertheless, the systematic evaluation of the writing mistakes affords the opportunity to examine the content from a new point of view. In this contribution we offer a new reading based on high resolution photographs and an autopsy with remarks on the possible interpretation of the inscription.
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