28. Dedication to Diana (in verse) - Legio · DEpHis (Divine Epithets in Hispania)

Code

28.

Title

28. Dedication to Diana (in verse) - Legio

Text of the inscription

Dianae / sacrum / Q(uintus) Tullius / Maximus / leg(atus) Aug(usti) / leg(ionis) VII Gem(inae) / Felicis // Aequora conclusit campi /divisque dicavit / et templum statuit tibi, / Delia virgo triformis / Tullius, e Libya, rector / legionis Hiberae, / ut quiret volucris capreas, / ut figere cervos, / saetigeros ut apros, ut / equorum silvicolentum / progeniem; ut cursu certari, / ut disice ferri / et pedes arma gerens et / equo iaculator Hibero // Dentes aprorum / quos cecidit / Maximus / dicat Dianae / pulchrum vir/tutis decus Cervom altifron/tum cornua / dicat Dianae / Tullius / quos vicit in pa/rami aequore / vectus feroci / sonipede.

Other name

Dianae sacrum Quintus Tullius Maximus legatus Augusti legionis VII Geminae Felicis Aequora conclusit campi divisque dicavit et templum statuit tibi Delia virgo triformis Tullius e Libya rector legionis Hiberae ut quiret volucris capreas ut figere cervos saetigeros ut apros ut equorum silvicolentum progeniem ut cursu certari ut disice ferri et pedes arma gerens et equo iaculator Hibero Dentes aprorum / quos cecidit Maximus dicat Dianae pulchrum virtutis decus Cervom altifrontum cornua dicat Dianae Tullius quos vicit in parami aequore vectus feroci sonipede.

Textual source

HEpOL 8474

Number of deities

1. Diana and several

Theonym 1

Diana

Onomastic attribute 1

Delius -a

Virgo

Triformis

Onomastic attribute 2

In plural.

Divus -a

Institutions and individuals involved

1

Dedicant/s

Quintus Tulius Maximus

Terminus post quem

162

Terminus ante quem

166

Dating criteria

Prosopography

Location

Legio - León

Topographic context

It was found in 1863 by F. Fita embedded in the wall of León, near Puerta Castillo.

Place of conservation

Museo de León

Condition of conservation

In museum

Hep

HEpOL 8472

Inventory number

3066

Support

Altar

Size (cm)

145 x 72/68,5/71,5 x 32

Material

Marble

CIL

CIL II, 2660

AE

AE 2002, +781

Further bibliography

ERPLe, 32
ILS 3259
CLE 1526

EDCS

34900794

HEpOL

8474

Also HEpOL 8473, 8475

Image

HEpOL 8474

Last update

26/07/2021

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)