Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Lepcis Magna – Al Khums (Africa Proconsularis)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD059257 (Last Updates: 2014-04-25, Bigi)

Transcription Majuscle
Merc(urio) et Minervae MERC ET MINERVAE
 
Animosa ANIMOSA
Symm(achi) fi(lia) d(edit) d(edicavit) SYMM FI D D
Chronological Data:
100 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • IRT 303.
  • CIL 08, 22668.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Libya
ancient find spot:
Lepcis Magna
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
present location:
Al Khums, Lepcis Magna Museum

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
honorific/grave/votive column
material:
Kalkstein
height:
144 cm
width:
34 cm
depth:
34 cm
letter size:
4 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

Commentary

 
Ionic semicolumn attached to a fluted pilaster with corinthianizing capital; text engraved on the abacus and on a tabula ansata below the Ionic capital.

People

Person 1
Name:
Animosa Symm. fi.
Cognomen:
Animosa
gender:
female
Person 2
Name:
Symm.
Cognomen:
Symmachus*
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD059257
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2014-04-25 by Bigi
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