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
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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