The Rapino Bronze, the Touta Marouca and the phenomenon of sacred prostitution in early Italy

Glinister, Fay 2000. The Rapino Bronze, the Touta Marouca and the phenomenon of sacred prostitution in early Italy. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 44 (73) , pp. 19-38. 10.1111/j.2041-5370.2000.tb01937.x

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Abstract

This chapter concerns a well-known Italic inscription, the Rapino Bronze, the longest of the few extant Marrucine texts. It has recently been republished by the distinguished Italian scholar Adriano La Regina in two articles as a ‘law of the Marrucine people for the institution of sacred prostitution in the sanctuary of Iuppiter Pater on the Arx Tarincra’.’ I begin with an analysis of this interpretation of the Rapino Bronze, and go on to discuss the evidence for sacred prostitution in the Italian peninsula in antiquity. Although the existence of sacred prostitution is widely accepted, it will be argued here that the concept itself is flawed, and that the available source material cannot be used to uphold it in any convincing manner. In particular, it will be argued that the Rapino Bronze cannot be used as evidence for such an institution

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISBN:	9780900587849
ISSN:	0076-0730
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2023 17:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/164280

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