7. Dedication to Venus Genetrix Augusta - Hispalis
Description
Veneri · Genetrici / Augustae / Valeria ·Valentina / Valeri · Valentis · fìlia · / ad cultum · operis / a patre · optumo · exornati / in · honorem · corporis / oleariorum · d(onum) · d(at)
Code
7
Title
7. Dedication to Venus Genetrix Augusta - Hispalis
Text of the inscription
Veneri · Genetrici / Augustae / Valeria ·Valentina / Valeri · Valentis · fìlia · / ad cultum · operis / a patre · optumo · exornati / in · honorem · corporis / oleariorum · d(onum) · d(at)
Other name
Veneri Genetrici Augustae Valeria Valentina Valeri Valentis filia ad cultum operis a patre optumo exornati in honorem corporis oleariorum donum dat
Textual source
HEp 10, 2000, 577
Number of deities
1
Theonym 1
Onomastic attribute 1
Institutions and individuals involved
3
Institutions
collegium oleariorum
Dedicant/s
Other individuals
Chronology
147 AE aprox.
Terminus post quem
138 AE
Dating criteria
Prosopography
Topographic context
Discovered during works in a house basement in Argote de Molina street, in an original context, i.e. Roman, but in a secondary situation, perhaps fallen into a hole or sinkhole in the pavement, once the building to which it belonged was ruined.
Place of conservation
Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Sevilla
Condition of conservation
En museo
Hep
HEp 10, 2000, 577
Support
Base
Size (cm)
105 x 80 x 65 cm, epigraphic field 62 x 58 cm , letters from 6.3 to 4 cm
Material
Marble
AE
AE 2002, 716
Further bibliography
Alicia M. Canto (2004), "Venus Genetrix Augusta y los dioses de Hispalis en la donación familiar de un diffusor olearius hacia 146 d.C.". Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología 30, 141-152. [article with images]
EDH
Last update
01/06/2021
Author
Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)