598. Dedication to Iuppiter Optimus Maximus - Metellinum

Description

I(ovi) • O(ptimo) • M(aximo) / X() • M(etellinenses) • X() / f(aciendum) • c(uraverunt) X are marks similar to C. Some editions: C(oloni) C(oloniae) M(etellinensis)

Code

598

Title

598. Dedication to Iuppiter Optimus Maximus - Metellinum

Text of the inscription

I(ovi) • O(ptimo) • M(aximo) / X() • M(etellinenses) • X() / f(aciendum) • c(uraverunt)
X are marks similar to C. Some editions: C(oloni) C(oloniae) M(etellinensis)

Other name

Iovi Optimo Maximo X Metellinenses X faciendum curaverunt
C(oloni) C(oloniae) M(etellinensis)

Textual source

HEpOL 19983

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Iuppiter

Onomastic attribute 1

Optimus
Maximus

Institutions and individuals involved

1

Dedicant/s

C(oloni) M(etellinensis) C(oloniae)
Or Metellinenses

Location

Metellinum - Medellín

Topographic context

It appeared one league west of the town, in the farmhouse of "Las Lomas".

Support

Altar

Size (cm)

(40) x 28 x 20

Material

Granite

AE

AE 1899, 107

Further bibliography

EE IX 96

EDH

025257

EDCS

38100250

HEpOL

19983

Last update

03/05/2022

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Item sets

DEPHis