A Celtiberian Tessera with Wolf Figure from Burgos
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24197/ba.LXXXIII.2017.157-185Keywords:
Celtiberian, Tessera hospitalis, Epigraphy, Wolf iconography, MithologyAbstract
A new Celtiberian tessera hospitalis or inscription of hospitality is presented here. The document is of unknown origin, but it could come from the province of Burgos (Spain), what seems to confirm his stylistic analysis. Although the authenticity of this document is questionable, the piece merits consideration by the scientific community due to its Celtiberian text, useitio : magoniocum : car, and its suggestive iconography, probably related to a Celtic myth of the End of the World, “The Wolf that devours the Sun”, documented in Celtic coins and in the Edda in the Germanic mythology. Its style and parallels allow a date for this tessera about c. 75-50 B.C.
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