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Submitted for award of PhD September 2006. - King's College London

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Inscriptions mention two types <strong>of</strong> sacrifices: the kerssnasia and the sakrasias.<br />

The first term refers to the <strong>of</strong>fering <strong>of</strong> cereals, the latter to the bloody type <strong>of</strong><br />

sacrifice called hostia by the Romans. It has been suggested that the <strong>for</strong>mer word<br />

refers to the cakes represented on the terracotta inscriptions, while the second word<br />

refers to the boar. 444 Meddices, meddices tutici and meddices tutici Campani appear<br />

at both types <strong>of</strong> sacrifices, so that the type <strong>of</strong> sacrifice does not determine the title <strong>of</strong><br />

the magistrate, as the following table shows (it omits the inscriptions where the<br />

<strong>of</strong>fice appears <strong>for</strong> dating purposes).<br />

Kerssnasia Official Sakrasia Official<br />

ST Cp 31 meddix Campanus ST Cp 31 meddix Campanus<br />

ST Cp 32 meddix<br />

ST Cp 34 meddix tuticus Campanus<br />

ST Cp 35 meddix Campanus<br />

The sacrifices took place during public holidays, but the type <strong>of</strong> the holiday does not<br />

seem to require an <strong>of</strong>ficial <strong>of</strong> a particular title:<br />

Holiday Reference Official<br />

eidüis mamerttiais ST Cp 31 meddix Campanus<br />

pümperiais süllem[n]ais ST Cp 32 meddix<br />

iüklei vehiianasüm ST Cp 33 meddix tuticus Campanus<br />

iüklei vehiian(asüm) ST Cp 34 meddix tuticus Campanus and<br />

444<br />

Franchi de Bellis (1981) 46.<br />

meddix<br />

125

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