1051. Dedication to Mercurius - Carteia? Lacipo? · Mitra en Hispania

Code

1051

Title

1051. Dedication to Mercurius - Carteia? Lacipo?

Text of the inscription

Merc[urio - - -] / [- - - - - -] / [- - - - - -] / P(ublius) Val(erius) [- - -] / sacerdo[s - - -] / pecunia [sua - - -] / dato [epulo(?)] / d(onum) [d(edit)]

Other name

Mercurio - - -] / [- - - - - -] / [- - - - - -] / Publius Valerius [- - -] / sacerdos - - -] / pecunia sua - - -] / dato epulo donum dedit

Textual source

HEpOL 27464

Number of deities

1?

Theonym 1

Mercurius

Onomastic attribute 1

Hep gather new reding with epithet "Augusto" although it is fully reconstructed in the gap.

Institutions and individuals involved

1?

Dedicant/s

Publius Valerius [- - -]

Location

Recently was tated thar the piece came from Carteia, however editors have noticed that the inscription may come from a ditant area of the city as it was already recorded 50 years ago. Even more, some registers indicate that the pedestal could originally come from the south of Spain (Casares, ancient Lacipo).

Place of conservation

It is preserved in the warehouse of the archaeological excavation of Carteia

Condition of conservation

In public property

Hep

HEp 15, 2006, 108

Support

Base

Size (cm)

91 x (26) x 44

Material

Limestone

Further bibliography

Hoyo, J. del. “Corpus Epigráfico.” In Estudio Histórico - Arqueológico de La Ciudad de Carteia (San Roque, Cádiz) 1994-1999, (formato CD), Anexo VI, edited by L. Roldán, M. Bendala, J. Blánquez, and S. Martínez, II. Sevilla, 2006, pp. 2-3, n. 1 .
Hoyo, J. del. “La Sociedad Carteiense a Través de La Epigrafía.” In Carteia II, edited by L. Roldán and Et alii. Madrid, 2003, pp. 352-353.
Rodríguez Oliva, P. “Unas Inscripciones Funerarias de Lacipo (Casares, Málaga) Que Evocan El Establecimiento En Carteia (San Roque, Cádiz) de La Colonia Latina Libertinorum.” Baetica 28–II (2006), pp. 140-141, plate 3.

EDCS

44800451

HEpOL

27464

Last update

03/06/2022

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)