[gothic-l] Re: Goths of North Africa

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <penterakt at f...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dirk,
>
> > In fact, only a handful of Vandalic words have been recorded
> > on artefacts in North Africa.
> >
>
> I'm intrigued.  Apart possibly from the Codex Gissensis, which was
> discovered in Egypt, I didn't know there were *any* Vandal words
> recorded on artefacts in North Africa (or elsewhere).  Do you have
> any more information about this?  As far as I was aware, Vandalic
is
> only attested through personal names and the two more or less
garbled
> quotes in Latin texts.
>
> Llama Nom



Hi Llama Nom,

you are right most of the Vandalic words are in fact names, but a
couple of inscriptions have been found in Tunesia, I think. I
remember the word 'frauja' as address to 'The Lord' on a stone,
perhaps somebody else can list a few more examples.

Cheers
Dirk








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