4903 - Dedication to Mater Magna from Mactaris - Henchir Ghayada
Description
M(atri) d(eum) M(agnae) I(daeae) Aug(ustae) sac(rum) / pro salute Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) M(arci) Aure/li [[Probi]] Pii Felicis Aug(usti) / totiusque divinae domus / Q(uintus) Arellius Optatianus / eq(ues) R(omanus) sacerdos perfec/tis ritae sacris cer/norum crioboli(i) et tau/roboli(i) suffragio ordi/nis col(oniae) suae Mactaritan(ae) / comprobatus antistes sum(p)/tibus suis tradentibus / Rannio Salvio eq(uite) R(omano) pon/tifice et Claudio Fausto...
Code
4903
Title
4903 - Dedication to Mater Magna from Mactaris - Henchir Ghayada
Text of the inscription
M(atri) d(eum) M(agnae) I(daeae) Aug(ustae) sac(rum) / pro salute Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) M(arci) Aure/li [[Probi]] Pii Felicis Aug(usti) / totiusque divinae domus / Q(uintus) Arellius Optatianus / eq(ues) R(omanus) sacerdos perfec/tis ritae sacris cer/norum crioboli(i) et tau/roboli(i) suffragio ordi/nis col(oniae) suae Mactaritan(ae) / comprobatus antistes sum(p)/tibus suis tradentibus / Rannio Salvio eq(uite) R(omano) pon/tifice et Claudio Fausto / sacerdotibus una cum / universis dendroforis / et sacratis utriusq(ue) sexus / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) a(nimo)
Alternative text
Matri deum Magnae Idaeae Augustae sacrum pro salute Imperatoris Caesaris Marci Aureli Probi Pii Felicis Augusti totiusque divinae domus Quintus Arellius Optatianus eques Romanus sacerdos perfectis ritae sacris cernorum criobolii et taurobolii suffragio ordinis coloniae suae Mactaritanae comprobatus antistes sumptibus suis tradentibus Rannio Salvio equite Romano pontifice et Claudio Fausto sacerdotibus una cum universis dendroforis et sacratis utriusque sexus votum solvit libens animo
Textual source
EDCS
Language
Latin
Number of deities
2
Theonym 1
Theonym 2
Onomastic attribute 2
Emperor / Caesar / King / Queen
Diocletianus
Maximianus
Institutions and individuals involved
Indeterminate plural
Institutions
Dendrofori / Sacrati
Dedicant/s
Other individuals
Religious notabilia
Ritus / Sacra / Cernus / Criobolium / Taurobolium / Votum
Terminus post quem
286
Terminus ante quem
305
Dating criteria
Imperial titles
Location
Support
Altar
Size (cm)
130 x 52 x 52
CIL
VIII 23401
ILS
4142
AE
1892, 18; 1897, 121; 1898, 46; 1955, 49
Further bibliography
ILCV 364; ILTun 538; CCCA V, 80; Dubosson 2018, 15
Last update
2021-04-01
