Social:Votive Stones of Pesaro
These votive stones were incised in a pre-Estrucan script, each bearing the name of an early Roman god.[1] APOLLO, the Sun-God; MAT[ER]-MATVTA, an ancient semone divinity of luci; FIDE, an ancient goddess of High Divinity status, and IVNONII (Juno), a goddess of multiple origin myths,[2] are a few of the names inscribed on the stones. They are estimated to date from c. 400 BC,[3][4] a time when Pesaro was called by its Latin name of Pisaurum.[5]
The stones are on display at the Museo Oliveriano, a Library and Museum in Pesaro housing the collections of Annibale degli Abati Olivieri, Giovanni Battista Passeri, and Giulio Perticari.[6][7]
Etymology
Pesaro (Italian), fr. Pisaurum (latin), pis (pi π, plural) + (aurum, reflecting gold).[8]
See also
- Votive offering {see section on Ancient Offerings}
- Pesaro, Italy, {see section on History}
- Annibale degli Abati Olivieri
- Lucus Pisaurensis, the Sacred Grove of Santa Venerada in Pesaro, Italy
- it:Santa Veneranda (Pesaro)
Further reading
Lucus Pisaurensis: The Sacred Grove of Il Pignocco in Pesaro, Italy, discovered by Annibale degli Abati Olivieri, http://www.ilpignocco.it/en/about-us/lucus-pisaurensis/
References
- ↑ Roman Votive Stones, http://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/pesaro-history.php
- ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary, see references to transmigration http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Juno
- ↑ Estrucan Scripts Through the Ages, http://www.ancientscripts.com/etruscan.html
- ↑ Roman Votive Stones, http://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/pesaro-history.php
- ↑ Etymology Pisaurum, http://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/pesaro-history.php
- ↑ Spiegazione di alcuni monumenti degli antichi Pelasgi : trasportata dal Francese con alcune osservazioni sovra i medesimi. (1735)
- ↑ Biblioteca Oliveriana, http://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/pesaro-history.php
- ↑ History of Pesaro, Etymology of Pisaurum, http://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/pesaro-history.php
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