Tabula Bantina
E43125
Tabula Bantina is an ancient bronze tablet bearing one of the most important surviving inscriptions in the Oscan language, recording laws of a Samnite community in southern Italy.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oscan Tabula Bantina | 1 |
| Tabula Agnonensis | 1 |
| Tabulae Iguvinae | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oscan inscription
ⓘ
ancient bronze tablet ⓘ epigraphic monument ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Samnites ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Bantia ⓘ |
| chronology |
2nd–1st century BCE
ⓘ
late Republican period ⓘ |
| contains |
clauses on civic offices
ⓘ
clauses on legal penalties ⓘ clauses on public assemblies ⓘ clauses on voting procedures ⓘ |
| culture | Samnite culture ⓘ |
| epigraphicCategory | Italic law tablet ⓘ |
| foundInRegion | southern Italy ⓘ |
| genre | legal text ⓘ |
| geographicalContext |
Apennine southern Italy
ⓘ
Lucania ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | bilingual: Oscan and Latin ⓘ |
| legalForm | statutory law ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature | South Oscan dialect ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| medium | bronze tablet ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bantia ⓘ |
| partiallyPreserved | true ⓘ |
| records | laws of a Samnite community ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Roman municipal law
ⓘ
Samnite-Roman interactions ⓘ |
| script | Oscan alphabet ⓘ |
| significance |
key source for Samnite public law
ⓘ
key source for the Oscan language ⓘ one of the most important surviving Oscan inscriptions ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
ancient legal history
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
civic administration
ⓘ
judicial procedures ⓘ magistracies ⓘ municipal regulations ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| usedFor | regulation of a local community ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily | Italic alphabets ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage | Oscan language ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tabulae Iguvinae
this entity surface form:
Oscan Tabula Bantina
this entity surface form:
Tabula Agnonensis