Epigraphy and the Display of Authority
Epigraphy and the Display of Authority
This chapter begins by citing modern examples of public notices in order to illustrate the role of inscriptions as both stylised gestures and as channels of authority: they are performative utterances. Various sources of authority are identified, such as human communities, divine sanction, magic or royal decision: the latter category is illustrated in detail by a dossier of 209
Keywords: authority, sources of authority, performative utterances, speech-acts, social magic, symbolic impact
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