331. Dedication to Mercurius Augustus - Segobriga

Ficha

Code

331

Title

331. Dedication to Mercurius Augustus - Segobriga

Text of the inscription

Mer[cur]io / [Aug(usto)] / M(arcus) [- - -]s / B[- - -] / M(arcus) Va[leri]us / Iu[- - -]us / VIvir[i Au]g(ustales) / d(e) s(ua) [p(ecunia) - - -]

Other name

Mercurio Augusto Marcus [- - -]s B- - - Marcus Valerius Iu[- - -]us VIviri Augustales de sua pecunia

Textual source

Almagro Basch, 1984, 118.

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Onomastic attribute 1

Institutions and individuals involved

2

Dedicant/s

Terminus post quem

100

Terminus ante quem

200

Location

Topographic context

The pedestal was found split in two and reused in tomb 189 from the Spanish-Visigoth period in November 1971.

Place of conservation

Museo de Segóbriga

Condition of conservation

In museum

Hep

HEp 2, 1990, 380 = HEp 4, 1994, 365.

Support

Base

Size (cm)

57 x 45 x 95

Material

AE

AE 1990, 595.

Further bibliography

Almagro Basch, M. (1975) "La necrópolis hispano-visigoda de Segóbria". Excavaciones Arqueológicas en España, n. 84, Madrid, pp. 91, 123 y 124.
Almagro Basch (1984) Segóbriga II: Inscripciones ibéricas, latinas paganas y latinas cristianas. Excavaciones Arqueológicas en España n. 127, Madrid, p. 118.
Alföldy, G., Römische Städtewesen auf der neukastilichen Hochebene: Ein Testfall für die Romanisierung, Heidelberg, 1987, p. 77, note 244.
Baratta. I. (2001), Il culto di Mercurio nella Peninsula Iberica, Instrumenta, Barcelona, n. 9 : 26-28.

EDH

EDCS

HEpOL

Image

Last update

09/11/2021

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
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