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Votive altar to an uncertain deity

Type of monument:
Votive altar.
Location:
Göçü (Konya): in a house.
Description:
Upper part of altar in blue-flecked white marble; broken above, below and behind. First surviving line of inscription between two damaged acroteria; lines 2 and 3 on moulding.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.12+; W. 0.22; Th. 0.90+; letters 0.012-0.017.
Record:
Squeeze; MB notebook copy; photograph (1957/43).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Roman imperial period.
 
 

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βηνῷ ε[ὐ]-
[χ]ὴν̣ . . ω̣ [. . 3-4 . .]
[-]Κ Λουκίου
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[To ...]benos, in fulfillment of a vow... of Lucius...

This monument is a small votive altar dedicated to a deity whose cult epithet ended in -βηνός; Anatolian cult epikleseis of this kind very often derive from toponyms (e.g. Artemis Λαγβηνή at Λάγβη in the Milyas; Meter Zizimmene at Zizimma, modern Sizma, on the territory of Ikonion).

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 298 (Konya 5: 1957-43)

MAMA XI 298 (Konya 5: 1957-43)

Squeeze of MAMA XI 298 (Konya 5: 1957-43)

Squeeze of MAMA XI 298 (Konya 5: 1957-43)