417. Dedication to Iuppiter Optimus Maximus - Matute de la Sierra

l(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) / p(osuit) a(ram) T(erentius) R/ex p(ro) r(editu) / ac v(ictoria) C(aesaris) C(aii) V(ibii) / Treboniani / v(oto) Galli s(olutus)

Code

417

Other name

lovi Optimo Maximo posuit aram Terentius Rex pro reditu ac victoria Caesaris Caii Vibii Treboniani voto Galli solutus

D(is) o(mnibus) M(anibus) / pater et / TTERSSIAE / Reusia et / Memea anno / CCLI

Textual source

Jimeno, 1980, n 18
Totally different reading in CIL II, 2833.

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Iuppiter

Onomastic attribute 1

Optimus

Maximus

Institutions and individuals involved

1

Dedicant/s

Terentius Rex

Chronology

Reign of Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus? 251-253

Location

Matute de la Sierra, Almarza

Topographic context

It was embedded, along with other pillars, in a wall of the building next to the San Gregorio Fountain already at the beginning of the 20th century. According to Loperráez, these would come from the immediate Cerro de San Juan, and according to Taracena, from the ruins of the immediate plain to Los Villares de Tera

Condition of conservation

In situ

Reused-embedded in wall

Support

Altar

Size (cm)

70 x 43 x ?

Material

Sandstone

CIL

CIL II, 2833

Further bibliography

F. Fita, "De Varea a Numancia. Viaje epigráfico", BRAH 50, 1907, 202-205.
Jimeno, A., Epigrafía Romana de Soria. Soria, 1980, n 16.

EDCS

05502223

HEpOL

8659

Last update

27/11/2021

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)