On a Hispanic tessera hospitalis of disputed authenticity

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/cfcl.92763
Keywords: tessera hospitalis, indigenous family units, Lusitania, hospitium, syntax of inter
Agencies: Este trabajo es resultado del proyecto de investigación “Estudios de léxico paleohispánico” (PID2019-106606GB-C3-1), financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Forma parte de las actividades del Grupo de Investigación Consolidado de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid “Textos epigráficos antiguos de la Península Ibérica y el Mediterráneo griego” (TEAPIMeG). Quiero dejar constancia de mi agradecimiento al Prof. Martín Almagro Gorbea por facilitarme las fotografías de la inscripción que aparecen como Figuras 3 y 4 de este trabajo. He realizado una primera presentación de su contenido en la comunicación presentada al XVI Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Estudios Clásicos, que ha tenido lugar en Salamanca del 17 al 21 de julio de 2023.

Abstract

A new reading of the last line of a Hispanic tessera hospitalis of unknown provenance is argued for in this paper. Its authenticity has been questioned, but the new reading involves a change in the identification of the region that the gentilitates mentioned in the text belonged to, with relevant implications. Furthermore, in relation to certain syntactic problems that had been pointed out, parallels that support the development of the initial abbreviation H · F as hospitium factum and the appropriateness of the construction with the preposition inter that occurs in the inscription are provided.

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Published
2023-12-20
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Luján, E. R. (2023). On a Hispanic tessera hospitalis of disputed authenticity. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios Latinos, 43(2), 209-222. https://doi.org/10.5209/cfcl.92763
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Vol. 43 No. 2 (2023)
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