Opvscvla archaeologica, Vol. 28 No. 1, 2004.
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Votive altar from Tilurium
D. Tončinić
Sažetak
In Classical Antiquity, the Roman legionary camp of Tilurium was located at the site of today’s village of Gardun, overlooking the town of Trilj and the local crossing over the Cetina River. This is above all reflected in the numerous epigraphic monuments and a large quantity of smaller archeological artifacts, which are mostly chance finds that have made their way to various museums and private collections. Several residents of Gardun also possess such archeological items. For example, the teacher Ante Kutleša presented four items to the author of this text: a fragment of a stone altar with the remains of an inscription, a bronze socketed axe (kelt), a stella fragment with the remains of an inscription and fragments of a ceramic lamp (lucerne). These items were given for the purposes of scholarly analysis and publication provided that afterward they are bequeathed to the Municipal Museum in Trilj. The altar has been badly damaged, so that the first letters in all preserved lines are missing. Despite the damage, based on the remains of the inscription and the find site, the new votive altar from Tilurium can be attributed to the cohort VIII voluntariorum civium Romanorum and dated to the period when this formation was posted in Tilurium, i.e. the second-third centuries. Based on the inscription analysis, one can conclude that this votive altar was dedicated to the supreme state deity Jupiter (Iovi Optimo Maximo) by the centurion of the cohort VIII voluntariorum civium Romanorum who was originally from the West or from the northern Italy.
Ključne riječi
Gardun; Tilurium; ara; Jupiter Optimus Maksimus; cohors VIII Voluntariorum civium Romanorum
Hrčak ID:
6067
URI
Datum izdavanja:
8.12.2004.
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