A One-of-a-Kind Roman Tomb with Bilingual Inscription: The First Monumental Discovery in Dibra, Albania
A One-of-a-Kind Roman Tomb with Bilingual Inscription: The First Monumental Discovery in Dibra, Albania
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A One-of-a-Kind Roman Tomb with Bilingual Inscription: The First Monumental Discovery in Dibra, Albania
What is the other language? Article only mentions Roman as being one of them.
Another site claims that "reports identify the second language of the inscription as Greek".
Kind of a let-down to be honest. Latin or Greek plus another language (preferably a poorly attested one) would be way better.
Indeed. Latin and Greek bilingualism must have been super common, I was hoping it to be something a bit more exotic given its location.
Probably Greek, though it’s hard to tell, and you’re right they don’t say it. I’m not too familiar with the history of the region, but I believe that area shared a similar material culture as nearby Hellenistic states, and was eventually ruled by Rome, so Greek would make sense. Might be common-enough knowledge to locals that they didn’t even think to mention it, but anyone who knows for sure please correct me.
The thing that bothers me most about that piece though is the photos (not the publication’s fault). The archaeologists broke most of the basic rules of archaeological photography. If I was their supervisor I would have insisted they straighten their sections, re-clean, and re-take all those photos. Those are terrible shots of an amazing find.