418. Dedication to Iuppiter Optimus Maximus - Matute de la Sierra
Description
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) / At(tius) Vit(alis) / po(suit) ar(am) / pro sa(lute) / sua et / suorum
Code
418
Title
418. Dedication to Iuppiter Optimus Maximus - Matute de la Sierra
Text of the inscription
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) / At(tius) Vit(alis) / po(suit) ar(am) / pro sa(lute) / sua et / suorum
Other name
Iovi Optimo Maximo Attius Vitalis posuit aram pro salute sua et suorum
Textual source
Jimeno 1980, n 17
Number of deities
1
Theonym 1
Institutions and individuals involved
1
Dedicant/s
Terminus post quem
200
Terminus ante quem
300
Location
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)
71 x 45 x 33
Material
Sandstone
CIL
CIL II, 2832
Further bibliography
F. Fita, "De Varea a Numancia. Viaje epigráfico", BRAH 50, 1907, 196-213.
Jimeno, A., Epigrafía Romana de Soria. Soria, 1980, n 17.
Jimeno, A., Epigrafía Romana de Soria. Soria, 1980, n 17.
EDCS
HEpOL
Image
Last update
27/11/2021
Author
Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)