Weiss Michael. Language and Ritual in Sabellic Italy. The Ritual Complex of the Third and the Fourth Tabulae Iguvinae

Leiden. Boston: Brill, 2010. — xvi, 511 p. — (Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics, v. 1). — ISBN: 978-90-04-17789-5.Contents: Preface and Acknowledgments. Abbreviations and Symbols. Introduction: Anna Karenina and the Tabulae Igavinae. Scope and Methods. Iohn B. Wilkins’s New Paradigm. Overview of the Present Work. A Note on Transcription, Transliteration, and Other Matters. The Preliminary Events (TI III 1-10): The Dating Formula. The Preliminary Purification. The Events Involving the uhtur. The Building of the Kletra (TI III 11-20): The Procession to the Field. The kletra. The Events in the Field. The Arrival at the Grove (TI III 20-30): The Arrival at the Grove. The Placing of Fire. The Consecration. The Beneficiary Phrases. The Specifying Formula. The Divinities. The Offerings (TI III 30-IV 6): The Offering of the sakre. eruku aruvia feitu. The Offering of the Sheep. The Distribution of the tefra. The peřu(m) /perso(m). The ereçlum. The Supplementary Offerings (TI IV 6-27): The supa/sopa Problem. vempersuntres and persuntru. The Concluding Acts (TI IV 27-33): The erus. The Second Use of Fire. Conclusions: Translation of III-IV. Findings. References. Indices.