368. Dedication to Iuppiter Optimus Maximus - Bolaños de Calatrava

Ficha

Code

368

Title

368. Dedication to Iuppiter Optimus Maximus - Bolaños de Calatrava

Text of the inscription

I(ovi) • O(ptimo) • M(aximo) / Fab(ius) • Fusci/nus • ex v[o]/tu

Other name

Iovi Optimo Maximo Fabius Fuscinus ex votu

Textual source

Fernández y Caballero 1981, 169-172

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Iuppiter

Onomastic attribute 1

Optimus
Maximus

Institutions and individuals involved

1

Dedicant/s

Fabius Fuscinus

Terminus post quem

175

Terminus ante quem

225

Location

Bolaños de Calatrava

Topographic context

Found as a result of an archaeological intervention in the parade ground of the Bolaños de Calatrava castle. The altar was probably reused as material for construction.

Place of conservation

Museo Provincial de Ciudad Real

Condition of conservation

In museum

Support

Altar

Size (cm)

36 x 31 x ?

Material

Limestone

Further bibliography

Fernández Ochoa, C. y Caballero, A., Nuevo testimonio del culto a Júpiter en Hispania: el ara encontrada en Bolaños de Calatrava (Ciudad Real)», Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 7-8, 1980-1981, pp. 169-172.
Gozalbes Cravioto, E., Inscripciones romanas de la provincia de Ciudad Real, Cuadernos de Estudios Manchegos, 28, 2004, p. 76, n 15

EDCS

74200449

HEpOL

25023

Last update

17/11/2021

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
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