Votive inscription testifying to a statue of Sol (the Sun god). Salsovia (Scythia). 317-324, perhaps 323-324
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Salsovia
Province:
Scythia
Region:
North Balkans and Danube provinces
Details:
Military camp of Salsovia
Current Location:
In 1976 in the 'Historical Museum of the Socialist Republic of Romania (Muzeul de istorie al Republicii Socialiste România)', inv. No. 17865
OBJECT
Object:
Statue
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Sol, the Sun god
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Unstated
Position:
Military Officer or Unit
DATE
Earliest:
317
Latest:
324
MAIN REFERENCE
Dorutiu-Boilǎ, E., Inscripţiile antice din Dacia şi Scythia Minor = Inscriptiones Daciae et Scythiae Minoris antiqvae, ser. 2, vol. 5, Bucureşti 1980, 290
Popescu, E., Inscripțiile grecești și latine din secolele IV-XIII descoperite în România, Bucarest 1976, no. 271
Dessau, H., Inscriptiones latinae selectae, Berlin 3rd ed. 1962, 8940
