652. Dedication to Iuno Regina - Alcains, Castelo Branco

Description

Iunoni • reginae / (circulus) sacrum (circulus)/ Lic(inius) • Serenianus • v(ir) • c(larissimus) • et/ Varinia • Flaccina • c(larissima) • f(emina)/ pro • salute • filiae • suae/ Variniae • Serenae/ dicaverunt

Code

652

Title

652. Dedication to Iuno Regina - Alcains, Castelo Branco

Text of the inscription

Iunoni • reginae / (circulus) sacrum (circulus)/ Lic(inius) • Serenianus • v(ir) • c(larissimus) • et/ Varinia • Flaccina • c(larissima) • f(emina)/ pro • salute • filiae • suae/ Variniae • Serenae/ dicaverunt

Other name

Iunoni reginae sacrum Licinius Serenianus vir clarissimus et Varinia Flaccina clarissima femina pro salute filiae suae Variniae Serenae dicaverunt

Textual source

CILAE 2047

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Onomastic attribute 1

Institutions and individuals involved

2

Other individuals

Terminus post quem

200

Terminus ante quem

250

Location

Topographic context

Hübner placed it in the town of Alange, in the hermitage of San Bartolomé (today “Cristo de los Baños”), next to the Roman baths, serving as the base for an altar. Some reports from the 19th century placed it in Botuna (site of Valle de Santa Ana) but it has been observed that there is evidence of the piece from the 16th century in Alange.

Place of conservation

It is preserved in the courtyard of the spa.

Condition of conservation

In private land/farm

Support

Altar

CIL

CIL II, 1024

AE

AE 1972, 245 = AE 1997, 805

Further bibliography

ILS 3106
H. Gimeno, “El "peñasco" de Alange (Badajoz) (CIL II 1024)”, REEx 53, 1997, 15-29.

EDH

EDCS

HEpOL

849

Other links

Last update

17/05/2022

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

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