2911 - Dedication to the numen Veneris from Leptis Magna - Lebdah

Description

Num(ini) / Veneris Ad/quisitricis / Aug(ustae) sacrum / Iucundus / Aug(usti) n(ostri) ver/na vetig(alis) / IIII p(ublicorum) A(fricae) vil(icus) / Lepcis Mag(nae) / terrestris / d(e) s(uo) p(osuit)

Code

2911

Title

2911 - Dedication to the numen Veneris from Leptis Magna - Lebdah

Text of the inscription

Num(ini) / Veneris Ad/quisitricis / Aug(ustae) sacrum / Iucundus / Aug(usti) n(ostri) ver/na ve<c=G>tig(alis) / IIII p(ublicorum) A(fricae) vil(icus) / Lepcis Mag(nae) / terrestris / d(e) s(uo) p(osuit)

Alternative text

Numini Veneris Adquisitricis Augustae sacrum Iucundus Augusti nostri verna vectigalis IIII publicorum Africae vilicus Lepcis Magnae terrestris de suo posuit

Textual source

EDCS

Language

Latin

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Onomastic attribute 1

Institutions and individuals involved

1

Dedicant/s

Terminus post quem

101

Terminus ante quem

200

Dating criteria

Palaeography

Topographic context

House in Homs, formerly the Carabinieri Barracks. Found during restorations in 1949-1950. It had been re-used to support an arch in the house

Place of conservation

Leptis Magna Museum

Support

Base

Size (cm)

66 x 20 x ?

Material

Limestone

AE

1952, 62; 1954, 183b; 2000, 1602

Further bibliography

IRT 315a

Last update

2021-08-29

Item sets

Fig. 2911