1051. Dedication to Mercurius - Carteia? Lacipo?
Description
Merc[urio - - -] / [- - - - - -] / [- - - - - -] / P(ublius) Val(erius) [- - -] / sacerdo[s - - -] / pecunia [sua - - -] / dato [epulo(?)] / d(onum) [d(edit)]
Code
1051
Title
1051. Dedication to Mercurius - Carteia? Lacipo?
Text of the inscription
Merc[urio - - -] / [- - - - - -] / [- - - - - -] / P(ublius) Val(erius) [- - -] / sacerdo[s - - -] / pecunia [sua - - -] / dato [epulo(?)] / d(onum) [d(edit)]
Other name
Mercurio - - -] / [- - - - - -] / [- - - - - -] / Publius Valerius [- - -] / sacerdos - - -] / pecunia sua - - -] / dato epulo donum dedit
Textual source
HEpOL 27464
Number of deities
1?
Theonym 1
Onomastic attribute 1
Hep gather new reding with epithet "Augusto" although it is fully reconstructed in the gap.
Institutions and individuals involved
1?
Dedicant/s
Location
Recently was tated thar the piece came from Carteia, however editors have noticed that the inscription may come from a ditant area of the city as it was already recorded 50 years ago. Even more, some registers indicate that the pedestal could originally come from the south of Spain (Casares, ancient Lacipo).
Place of conservation
It is preserved in the warehouse of the archaeological excavation of Carteia
Condition of conservation
In public property
Hep
HEp 15, 2006, 108
Support
Base
Size (cm)
91 x (26) x 44
Material
Limestone
Further bibliography
Hoyo, J. del. “Corpus Epigráfico.” In Estudio Histórico - Arqueológico de La Ciudad de Carteia (San Roque, Cádiz) 1994-1999, (formato CD), Anexo VI, edited by L. Roldán, M. Bendala, J. Blánquez, and S. Martínez, II. Sevilla, 2006, pp. 2-3, n. 1 .
Hoyo, J. del. “La Sociedad Carteiense a Través de La Epigrafía.” In Carteia II, edited by L. Roldán and Et alii. Madrid, 2003, pp. 352-353.
Rodríguez Oliva, P. “Unas Inscripciones Funerarias de Lacipo (Casares, Málaga) Que Evocan El Establecimiento En Carteia (San Roque, Cádiz) de La Colonia Latina Libertinorum.” Baetica 28–II (2006), pp. 140-141, plate 3.
Hoyo, J. del. “La Sociedad Carteiense a Través de La Epigrafía.” In Carteia II, edited by L. Roldán and Et alii. Madrid, 2003, pp. 352-353.
Rodríguez Oliva, P. “Unas Inscripciones Funerarias de Lacipo (Casares, Málaga) Que Evocan El Establecimiento En Carteia (San Roque, Cádiz) de La Colonia Latina Libertinorum.” Baetica 28–II (2006), pp. 140-141, plate 3.
EDCS
HEpOL
Last update
03/06/2022
Author
Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)