𐌔𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌀𐌊𐌔

Oscan

A gladiator named 𐌔𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌀𐌊𐌔 (spartaks), i.e. Spartacus, fighting with his opponent 𐌐𐌇𐌝𐌋𐌝[...]𐌀𐌍𐌔 (phílí[...]ans), possibly Philippus Pompeianus.

Etymology

Ultimately from Thracian *Spartakos

Proper noun

𐌔𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌀𐌊𐌔 • (spartaks) m (nominative)

1. a male given name from Thracian, equivalent to English Spartacus
   • a. 70 BCE, ImIt Pompei 45 = ST Po 53 = Ve 35, a fresco in Pompeii on the House of the Sacerdos Amandus (I 7.7), specifically the west wall of the vestibule:

     𐌔𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌀𐌊𐌔· 𐌐𐌇𐌝𐌋𐌝[...]𐌀𐌍𐌔·

     spartaks phílí[...]ans

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• It is uncertain whether the gladiator depicted in the Pompeian inscription is indeed the famous leader of the slave uprising or simply a namesake.

References

• Jacobelli, Luciana (2003) Gladiators at Pompeii, Getty Publications, translation of Gladiatori a Pompeii, →ISBN, page 75f.
• Crawford, M. H., et al. (2011) Imagines Italicae, volume 2, London, page 699f.
• Rix, H. (2002) Sabellische Texte: die Texte des Oskischen, Umbrischen und Südpikenischen, Heidelberg, page 108
• Vetter, E. (1953) Handbuch der italischen Dialekte, volume 1, Heidelberg, page 60