181. Dedication to Iuppiter Optumus Maximus - Castrelo del Valle · DEpHis (Divine Epithets in Hispania)

Code

181

Title

181. Dedication to Iuppiter Optumus Maximus - Castrelo del Valle

Text of the inscription

I(ulius) Cas(ius) Caen(onis) / (filius) Tamac(anus) |(centuria) N(umeri) M[- - -?] / dec(urio) al(ae) I Gig(urrorum) / com(mentariensis) b(eneficiarius) tr(ibuni) cor(nicularius) o(ptio) (centurioni) / l(egionis) II A(ugustae) exs donis / Iovi O(ptimo) M(aximo) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)

Variants: Caen(o) / TAMC, and also Nem(- - -) / dec(urio) al(ae) I Cl(audiae) G(allorum) / COMP[- - -] torq(uibus) / phal(eris) [--] donatus ...

Other name

Iulius Casius Caenonis filius Tamacanus C centurio Numeri M[- - -?] decurio alae I Gigurrorum commentariensis beneficiarius tribuni cornicularius optio centurioni legionis II Augustae exs donis Iovi Optimo Maximo votum solvit libens merito

Caeno TAMC Nem(- - -) decurio alae I Claudiae Gallorum COMP[- - -] torquibus phaleris [--] donatu

Textual source

A) HEp 2, 1990, 521 (Tamac(anus) corrected form Tam(acanus), see photo).

B) Many variations in AE 1981, 0528, AE 1976, 0296, HEpOL 16698

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Iuppiter

Onomastic attribute 1

Optimus

Maximus

Institutions and individuals involved

1

Dedicant/s

Lucius Cassius Caenonis filius Tamacanus

Terminus post quem

100

Terminus ante quem

299

Location

Castrelo del Valle / Castrelo do Val

Topographic context

In the shrine of San Martín, next to the Castro de Cabanca.

Place of conservation

Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Orense

Hep

HEp 2, 1990, 521

Support

Altar

Size (cm)

91(92) x 46 (53) x 33 (40)

Material

Granite

AE

AE 1976, 296 = AE 1981, 528

Further bibliography

IRG IV, 66.
Rodríguez Colmenero, A., Aquae Flaviae: I. Fontes epigráficas da Gallaecia meridional interior, Chaves, 1997, nº 13.

EDH

004945

EDCS

13301302

HEpOL

16698

Image

HEpOL 16698

Last update

22/09/2021

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)