524. Dedication to Deus Mars Augustus - Augusta Emerita
Description
Deo Marti A[ug(usto)] / Iul(ius) Maximinu[s] / v(ir) p(erfectissimus) proc(urator) Aug(usti) n(ostri) / a(gens) v(ice) p(raesidis) p(rovinciae) [L(usitaniae) ex] voto ac [p(ro)] / incolum[i]ta(te) temp[or(um)] / templ[i por]t[icus res]ti[t(uit)] / in q[u]i[b(us) sig]n(a) [dei cum imag(inibus)] / eius cl[ipeisq(ue) dedicav(it)]
Code
524
Title
524. Dedication to Deus Mars Augustus - Augusta Emerita
Text of the inscription
Deo Marti A[ug(usto)] / Iul(ius) Maximinu[s] / v(ir) p(erfectissimus) proc(urator) Aug(usti) n(ostri) / a(gens) v(ice) p(raesidis) p(rovinciae) [L(usitaniae) ex] voto ac [p(ro)] / incolum[i]ta(te) temp[or(um)] / templ[i por]t[icus res]ti[t(uit)] / in q[u]i[b(us) sig]n(a) [dei cum imag(inibus)] / eius cl[ipeisq(ue) dedicav(it)]
Other name
Deo Marti Augusto Iulius Maximinus vir perfectissimus procurator Augusti nostri agens vice praesidis provinciae Lusitaniae ex voto ac pro incolumitate temporum templi porticus restituit in quibus signa dei cum imaginibus eius clipeisque dedicavit
Number of deities
1
Theonym 1
Onomastic attribute 1
Institutions and individuals involved
1
Dedicant/s
Terminus post quem
260
Terminus ante quem
280
Dating criteria
Prosopography
Location
Topographic context
Unknow, it was part of the archaeological material relocated behind the porticus of the Roman theatre at Emerita. From the temple of Mars Augustus?
Place of conservation
Museo nacional de Arte Romano;
Condition of conservation
In museum
Hep
HEp 16, 2007, 12
Inventory number
7501
Support
Altar
Size (cm)
23.1) x (29.5) x 11.5
Material
Marble
AE
AE 2007, 721
Further bibliography
J. C. Edmonson, «The Cult of Mars Augustus and Roman Imperial Power at Augusta Emerita (Lusitania) in the Third Century A.D.: a New Votive Dedication», [en] T. Nogales - J. González, Culto imperial: politica e poder, Roma 2007, 541-575.
EDCS
HEpOL
Image
Last update
04/04/2022
Author
Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)