Inscription Dedicated to Neptune From the Territory of Ancient Doclea
Из епиграфске баштине античке Доклеје Један натпис посвећен Neptuno periculorum Absolutori
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A new votive inscription from the territory of Doclea has recently been published. The reading of the text needs revision, and consequently, reinterpretation. The inscription should be read as follows: Neptuno ׀ sacrum p׀ericuloru׀m Absolu׀tori Petro׀5nius Aspe׀r v(otum) s(olvit) ׀ l(ibens) a(nimo). Neptune’s attribute periculorum Absolutor appears here for the first time. The noun «Absolutor», i.e. «he who absolves, liberator », attested late in the narrative sources e.g. Cassiod. Var . XI, praef. 3, should be close to the Jupiter’s epithets Liberator or Servator. The dedication could be connected with a successful ending of a journey, possibly after being exposed to maritime perils: the dedicator may well be a person engaged in trade and businesses that involve transmarine voyage. His name - Petronius Asper - implies the connection with the large group of Italian settlers in Dalmatia, whose presence is attested in the province all through the Principate. Such relations are illustrate...d in the light of other Dalmatian examples.
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Starinar, 2009, 59, 175-180Publisher:
- National Library of Serbia
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- Antički natpisi na tlu Ilirika: kritičko izdavanje i interdisciplinarna istraživanja epigrafskih spomenika (RS-147003)
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Балканолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Balkan Studies SASATY - JOUR AU - Grbić, Dragana PY - 2009 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/4061 AB - A new votive inscription from the territory of Doclea has recently been published. The reading of the text needs revision, and consequently, reinterpretation. The inscription should be read as follows: Neptuno ׀ sacrum p׀ericuloru׀m Absolu׀tori Petro׀5nius Aspe׀r v(otum) s(olvit) ׀ l(ibens) a(nimo). Neptune’s attribute periculorum Absolutor appears here for the first time. The noun «Absolutor», i.e. «he who absolves, liberator », attested late in the narrative sources e.g. Cassiod. Var . XI, praef. 3, should be close to the Jupiter’s epithets Liberator or Servator. The dedication could be connected with a successful ending of a journey, possibly after being exposed to maritime perils: the dedicator may well be a person engaged in trade and businesses that involve transmarine voyage. His name - Petronius Asper - implies the connection with the large group of Italian settlers in Dalmatia, whose presence is attested in the province all through the Principate. Such relations are illustrated in the light of other Dalmatian examples. PB - National Library of Serbia T2 - Starinar T1 - Inscription Dedicated to Neptune From the Territory of Ancient Doclea T1 - Из епиграфске баштине античке Доклеје Један натпис посвећен Neptuno periculorum Absolutori SP - 175 EP - 180 IS - 59 DO - 10.2298/STA0959175G UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4061 ER -
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Grbić, D.. (2009). Inscription Dedicated to Neptune From the Territory of Ancient Doclea. in Starinar National Library of Serbia.(59), 175-180. https://doi.org/10.2298/STA0959175G https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4061
Grbić D. Inscription Dedicated to Neptune From the Territory of Ancient Doclea. in Starinar. 2009;(59):175-180. doi:10.2298/STA0959175G https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4061 .
Grbić, Dragana, "Inscription Dedicated to Neptune From the Territory of Ancient Doclea" in Starinar, no. 59 (2009):175-180, https://doi.org/10.2298/STA0959175G ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4061 .