524. Dedication to Deus Mars Augustus - Augusta Emerita

Ficha

Code

524

Title

524. Dedication to Deus Mars Augustus - Augusta Emerita

Text of the inscription

Deo Marti A[ug(usto)] / Iul(ius) Maximinu[s] / v(ir) p(erfectissimus) proc(urator) Aug(usti) n(ostri) / a(gens) v(ice) p(raesidis) p(rovinciae) [L(usitaniae) ex] voto ac [p(ro)] / incolum[i]ta(te) temp[or(um)] / templ[i por]t[icus res]ti[t(uit)] / in q[u]i[b(us) sig]n(a) [dei cum imag(inibus)] / eius cl[ipeisq(ue) dedicav(it)]

Other name

Deo Marti Augusto Iulius Maximinus vir perfectissimus procurator Augusti nostri agens vice praesidis provinciae Lusitaniae ex voto ac pro incolumitate temporum templi porticus restituit in quibus signa dei cum imaginibus eius clipeisque dedicavit

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Onomastic attribute 1

Institutions and individuals involved

1

Dedicant/s

Terminus post quem

260

Terminus ante quem

280

Dating criteria

Prosopography

Location

Topographic context

Unknow, it was part of the archaeological material relocated behind the porticus of the Roman theatre at Emerita. From the temple of Mars Augustus?

Place of conservation

Museo nacional de Arte Romano;

Condition of conservation

In museum

Hep

HEp 16, 2007, 12

Inventory number

7501

Support

Altar

Size (cm)

23.1) x (29.5) x 11.5

Material

AE

AE 2007, 721

Further bibliography

J. C. Edmonson, «The Cult of Mars Augustus and Roman Imperial Power at Augusta Emerita (Lusitania) in the Third Century A.D.: a New Votive Dedication», [en] T. Nogales - J. González, Culto imperial: politica e poder, Roma 2007, 541-575.

EDCS

HEpOL

Image

Last update

04/04/2022

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
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