dc.contributor.author | McDonald, K | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-10T09:15:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-08-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article discusses the votive dedications to the goddess Reitia at the sanctuary of EsteBaratella (Veneto) as evidence for the acquisition of literacy in Italy c. 350–150 B.C. These
dedications, which take the form of bronze writing tablets and styluses, are inscribed with
Venetic dedicatory formulae, abecedaria and other writing exercises. This article shows how
these texts function as writing exercises – some of the earliest evidence of elementary education
methods in Italy. Many of the votives were dedicated by women, and this article argues that
women were active participants in literacy and education in this period. It also sets the
dedications in their Italian and Mediterranean context by comparing them to votive and
funerary deposits of abecedaria from across Italy and the ancient world. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 06 August 2019. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0075435819000856 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/37041 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2019. | |
dc.subject | Venetic | en_GB |
dc.subject | Reitia | en_GB |
dc.subject | dedications | en_GB |
dc.subject | votives | en_GB |
dc.subject | literacy | en_GB |
dc.subject | education | en_GB |
dc.subject | women | en_GB |
dc.title | Education and literacy in ancient Italy: Evidence from the dedications to the goddess Reitia | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-10T09:15:49Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0075-4358 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Cambridge University Press via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Roman Studies | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-03-26 | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-03-26 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2019-05-09T15:51:24Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-08-06T08:34:20Z | |
refterms.panel | D | en_GB |