CONTENTSPreface and Acknowledgments . ixAbbreviations and Symbols . xiIntroduction . 1Section 1: Anna Karenina and the Tabulae Iguvinae . 1Section 2: Scope and Methods . 3Section 3: John B. Wilkins's New Paradigm . 9Section 4: Overview of the Present Work .
24Section 5: A Note on Transcription, Transliteration, andOther Matters . 25I. The Preliminary Events (TI III 1 -10) . 29Section 1: The Dating Formula . 30Section 2: The Preliminary Purifi cation . 60Section 3: The Events Involving the uhtur . 75II. The Building of the Kletra (TI III 11-20) .
97Section 1: The Procession to the Field . 99Section 2: The kletra . 106Section 3: The Events in the Field . 114III. The Arrival at the Grove (TI III 20-30) . 135Section 1: The Arrival at the Grove . 136Section 2: The Placing of Fire . 147Section 3: The Consecration .
156Section 4: The Benefi ciary Phrases . 182Section 5: The Specifying Formula . 200Section 6: The Divinities . 217IV. The Off erings (TI III 30-IV 6) . 245Section 1: The Offering of the sakre . 247Section 2: eruku aruvia feitu . 271Section 3: The Offering of the Sheep .
294Section 4: The Distribution of the tefra . 314Section 5: The peru(m)/perso(m) . 322Section 6: The ereçlum . 346viii contentsV. The Supplementary Offerings (TI IV 6-27) . 355Section 1: The supa/sopa Problem . 358Section 2: vempersuntres and persuntru . 384VI.
The Concluding Acts (TI IV 27-33) . 399Section 1: The erus . 400Section 2: The Second Use of Fire . 425Conclusions . 433Section 1: Translation of III-IV . 433Section 2: Findings . 441References . 445Indices .
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