384. Hexagonal altar to Mercurio Augusto - Uxama Argaela · DEpHis (Divine Epithets in Hispania)

Code

384

Title

384. Hexagonal altar to Mercurio Augusto - Uxama Argaela

Text of the inscription

Mercurio / Aug(usto) sacrum / Pompeia L(uci) f(ilia) / Moderata / testamento / poni iussit

Other name

Mercurio Augusto sacrum Pompeia Luci filia Moderata testamento poni iussit

Textual source

HEpOL 8645

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Mercurius

Onomastic attribute 1

Augustus -a

Institutions and individuals involved

1

Dedicant/s

Pompeia Lucii filia Moderata

Terminus post quem

130

Terminus ante quem

200

Dating criteria

Palaeography

Location

Uxama Argaela - Burgo de Osma

Topographic context

It was found in 1863-64 during agricultural work in the area of the forum of Uxama.

Place of conservation

Town Hall of Burgo de Osma.

Condition of conservation

In Town Hall

Hep

HEp 13, 2003/2004, 648

Support

Altar

Size (cm)

90 x 33 x 2,5 (bronze)
100 x 80 x 28 (structure)

Material

Bronze

Limestone

CIL

CIL II, 2819

Further bibliography

Jimeno, A (1980) Epigrafía romana de la provinci de Soria, n 20.
García Merino (1987): “Desarrollo urbano y promoción política de Uxama Argaela”, pp. 97-98.
Baratta (2001), Il culto di Mercurio nella Peninsola Iberica, Barcelona, 2001, T13.
Gimeno Pascual, H. - Velázquez I. (2004) "Et charta nobis titulos reddidit", J. L. GóMEZ-PANTOJA (ed.), Excavando papeles. Indagaciones arqueológicas en los Archivos españoles, Guadalajara, 191-197.

EDCS

05502209

HEpOL

8645

Image

HEpOL 8645

Last update

23/11/2021

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)