MAL046 Dedication to Juppiter Optimus Maximus

Monument

Type of monument
Altar
Material
Limestone
Description and condition
Not specified
Find place
Bioska
Find circumstances
Unknown
Find context
Monument found in Bioska, between Užice and Kremna.
Modern location
The monument is located in a place called Metaljka in the hamlet of Jankovići, Bioska village. Seen in August 2015.
Dimensions
H. 106,W. 47 / 36,Th. 36 / 31
Institution and inventory
Metaljka, in Jankovići near Bioska

Inscribed field

Placement of text
Inscription field dimensions: h. 45 cm, w. 35 cm.
Letters:
6.5-5.5 cm. Ligatures: 2 AV.

Text

Origin
Municipium Malvesiatium
Province
Dalmatia
Category
Votive inscription
Date
Dating criteria
n/a

Edition

bibliography

Vulić 1909, 200, no. 71, drawing; Vulić 1909a, 187–188, no. 128, drawing; Vulić 1941–1948, 239, no. 472, photo; ILJug 1514. https://www.zotero.org/groups/370316/digital_epigraphy_in_serbia/items/collectionKey/3Q9CA5Z8

Interpretive

I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo)
Aurelia
Zaca
libens
5 pos(uit)

Diplomatic

IOM
AURELIA
ZACA
LIBENS
5POS

Apparatus

2: ZacaSpomenik 47 and JŒAI; IacaSpomenik 98, commenting that the letter rather looks like I; as determined by the autopsy performed in 2015, the letter is no longer visible

Translation

translation(s)

Commentary

The same person as the dedicant of the inscription from Vrutci, MAL045

Images

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