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The Re-interpretation of Latino-Punic Inscriptions from Roman Tripolitania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

A. F. Elmayer
A. F. Elmayer*
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Department of Ancient History, University College, London
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Abstract

Five Latino-Punic inscriptions from Tripolitania are discussed in detail, and their wider context discussed. Not only do they attest the prevalence of the Punic language in Roman Tripolitania, but also survival of Punic political and religious institutions. A particularly graphic example is provided in inscription IRT 893, which suggests that human sacrifice attested among the Carthaginians was also practised in Tripolitania. The inscriptions attest a flourishing economy in the region during the Roman period.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 14 , 1983 , pp. 86 - 95
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1983

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