ABSTRACT

Slates from the Visigothic era that have appeared in certain areas of the Iberian Peninsula have aroused considerable academic interest. One of the liveliest and still open debates concerns the significance of a series of signs engraved on these slates. Their identification with the Roman numbering system is currently the most widely accepted hypothesis, to the extent that it has become more or less taken for granted and has shaped theories about the function and dating of numeral slates. The present study questions the validity of this premise by undertaking a comparative diachronic analysis of the signs I, X, and V on the slates relative to those used in Roman numbering. I propose a new reading of these signs as not straightforwardly Roman, but rather as the result of local innovations relating to the cultural and economic needs of the communities in which this numerical system is present.

摘要

伊比利亚半岛某些地区出现的西哥特时代的板岩引起了相当大的学术兴趣。最为激烈且仍在进行的辩论之一涉及在这些石板上刻有一系列标志的重要性。在某种程度上，他们对罗马数字系统的识别是最广泛接受的假设，其程度或多或少已被视为理所当然，并已形成了有关数字板岩的功能和日期的理论。本研究通过对板岩上的符号I，X和V相对于罗马编号中使用的符号进行历时比较分析，质疑了这一前提的有效性。我提议重新解读这些符号，因为它们不是罗马式的，