Kuni baika kutan: A new Iberian inscription in a caliciform goblet from the El Vilar Cesetan City (Valls, Tarragona)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36707/palaeohispanica.v22i0.475

Keywords:

Iberian inscription, Iberian language, Iberian script, Votive inscription, Cessetani, Second Punic War

Abstract

We analyse an Iberian inscription made on the outer surface of a goblet of Iberian pottery. Despite the lack of stratigraphical context, the inscription was probably made before the destruction of the town at the end of the third century BC. The most notable element of the text is baika, which almost always appears in the baikar form, and exclusively in small recipients for liquids associated with worship activities. A possible epigraphic parallel for baikar could be the Latin element pocolom, ‘cup’, which appears exclusively in votive inscriptions associated with the name of the deity, which in this case could be kuni, if the parallel is correct. Another interesting element of this inscription is kutan, which could be related to the kutun / kutur pair, of also plausible religious context.

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2022-12-28

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Novedades Epigráficas

How to Cite

Kuni baika kutan: A new Iberian inscription in a caliciform goblet from the El Vilar Cesetan City (Valls, Tarragona). (2022). Palaeohispanica. Review about Languages and Cultures of Ancient Hispania, 22, 181-204. https://doi.org/10.36707/palaeohispanica.v22i0.475