462. Dedication to Nymphs Augustae - Emerita Augusta

Description

L(aribus?) A(ugustis?) s(acrum) Q(uintus) / Nonius Pri() / miles leg(ionis) / VII Gemin(a)e / F(elicis) v(otum) a(nimo) l(ibens) s(olvit)

Code

462

Title

462. Dedication to Nymphs Augustae - Emerita Augusta

Text of the inscription

L(aribus?) A(ugustis?) s(acrum) Q(uintus) / Nonius Pri() / miles leg(ionis) / VII Gemin(a)e / F(elicis) v(otum) a(nimo) l(ibens) s(olvit)

Other name

Laribus Augustis sacrum Quintus Nonius Pri() / miles leg(ionis) / VII Gemin(a)e / F(elicis) v(otum) a(nimo) l(ibens) s(olvit)

Textual source

Hep 2014-2015, 96, including editor commentaries.

Number of deities

Group

Theonym 1

Liberus Augustus has been proposed as alternative.

Onomastic attribute 1

Institutions and individuals involved

1

Terminus post quem

175

Terminus ante quem

225

Topographic context

It was found in a layer of rubble, with a chronologically heterogeneous and revolted material culture, excavated in the archaeological intervention carried out in 2008-2009 on the site of the future building called "Young Factory"; This site is located about 50 m north of the Albarregas River, outside the old city walls and close to the road that left the same in a north direction through the door corresponding to the decumanus maximus, whose use as a funerary space is well established.

Place of conservation

Warehouse of the Consorcio de la Ciudad Monumental de Mérida.

Condition of conservation

In public property

Hep

Hep 2014-2015, 96.

Inventory number

inv. 8194.103.1

Support

Altar

Size (cm)

17.7 x 10 x 7

Material

Marble

AE

AE 2015, 544

EDCS

Last update

09/12/2021

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

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