L'iscrizione di Glyka da Otranto

Authors

  • Maria Pia Scaltrito

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/2281-6062/7234

Abstract

The inscription of Glyka from Otranto

The Greek stele of Glyka, dated to the 3rd-4th century (CIJ 632 = JIWE I 134), is the only epigraphic trace of a Jewish presence known in Otranto. The stele was formerly published by J.-B. Frey in the 1930s; in 1975 C. Colafemmina improved the reading of the Hebrew formula at the end of the main text. In this note it is pointed out that the name of Glyka’s mother was not Noάη, nor Noμή, but Νϵίλη (Neilē), a name well attested in the Mediterranean area and connected with Egypt. As for the provenance of the stele, it has been possible to detect the exact spot and circumstances of its discovery, which occourred on the slopes of Colle della Minerva, in a relevant archaeological site known locally as “the Valley of Memories”, where various remains of ancient settlements and necropolis still exist.

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Published

2020-10-05

How to Cite

Scaltrito, M. P. (2020). L’iscrizione di Glyka da Otranto. Sefer yuḥasin ספר יוחסין | Review for the History of the Jews in South Italy | Rivista Per La Storia Degli Ebrei nell’Italia Meridionale, 8, 231–240. https://doi.org/10.6092/2281-6062/7234