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

Onomastic attribute 1

Institutions and individuals involved

1

Dedicant/s

Terminus post quem

200

Terminus ante quem

300

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.

EDCS

HEpOL

Image

Last update

27/11/2021

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

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