854. Dedication to Vesta Augusta – Mentesa Bastitanorum (La Guardia de Jaén)

Description

Vestae / Aug(ustae) sacrum / Ti(berius) Claudius Felix / Tib(eri) Claudi / Fortunati lib(ertus) / accepto loco / ab ordine / Mentesanor(um) / ob honorem / VIviratus / d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) d(edit) d(edicavit)

Code

854

Title

854. Dedication to Vesta Augusta – Mentesa Bastitanorum (La Guardia de Jaén)

Text of the inscription

Vestae / Aug(ustae) sacrum / Ti(berius) Claudius Felix / Tib(eri) Claudi / Fortunati lib(ertus) / accepto loco / ab ordine / Mentesanor(um) / ob honorem / VIviratus / d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) d(edit) d(edicavit)

Other name

Vestae Augustae sacrum Tiberius Claudius Felix Tiberi Claudi Fortunati libertus accepto loco ab ordine Mentesanorum ob honorem VIviratus de sua pecunia dedit dedicavit

Textual source

EDCS-08700003

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Vesta

Onomastic attribute 1

Augustus -a

Institutions and individuals involved

1 individual and 1 institution

Institutions

Ordo Mentesanorum

Dedicant/s

Ti(berius) Claudius Felix Tib(eri) Claudi Fortunati lib(ertus)

Terminus post quem

51

Terminus ante quem

100

Location

Mentesa Bastitanorum – La Guardia

Coordinates

37,741633, -3,692715

Hep

HEp 5, 1995, 447

Support

Base

Size (cm)

100 x 59 x ? cm
Letters: 7–4.5 cm

CIL

CIL II2/5, 3 = CIL II, 3378

Further bibliography

CILA III, 278

EDH

HD025127

EDCS

EDCS-08700003

TM

221820

HEpOL

1917

Other links

CIL

Image

CIL
HEpOL 1917

Last update

2025-07-22

Author

Beatriz Pañeda Murcia (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Item sets

DEPHis