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| Document name | dendrophori Ostiae AE 1948, 00024 |
| Name variant (this document) | |
| Standard name of the group | dendrophori Ostiae |
| English standard name | tree-carriers |
| Standard reference | AE 1948, 00024 |
| References to other standard editions | CCCA-03, 00386 = Engfer-2017, 00072 = AE 1948, 00024 = FTD-06, p 87 |
| Source type | inscription |
| Type of inscription | religious |
| Type of monument | basis |
| Main location | Ostia |
| Main province | Italia: Regio 01, Latium et Campania |
| Main admininistrative district | Latium et Campania (Regio I) |
| Post quem | 178 AD |
| Exact date | |
| Ante quem | 192 AD |
| Notes on dating | |
| Corporate designation | |
| Internal institutions | |
| Protectors | |
| Collective action | |
| Collective assets | statuettes ; ornamental shield |
| Collective entitlements | |
| Public recognition and privileges | |
| Private duties and liabilities | |
| Receive | statuettes ; ornamental shield ; handout ; handout |
| Donate | |
| Notes |
The inscription was carved on the little base of a silver statuette (probably a bust) of the empress Crispina Augusta, dedicaed to the Genius of the dendrophori of Ostia. It was donated to the association by the high priest of Cybele, the archigallus of the city and mentioned number of donations and a handout of one denarius to each of the dendrophori. The donations comprised:
- the silver statuette of the empress weighing three pounds of silver (c. 980 g).
- a bronze ornamental shield
- a statue probably of Attis
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| Standard text of source | [Genio] dendro/[phorum] Ost(iensium) Q(uintus) Cae/[cilius] Fuscus, ar/[chigal(lus) co]ḷọṇ(iae) Ost(iensis) / [im]ag(inem) Crispinae / [ex] arg(enti) p(ondo) III et clipe/[u]m aereum et sign(um) / [Ph]ryg(is) dend(rophoris) Ost(iensibus) d(ono) d(edit) / [d]edicavit et dedit / [sing]ul(is) sportul(as) ((denarium)) I. |
| Translation |
To the Genius of the dendrophori of Ostia. Quintus Caecilius Fuscus, archigallus of the colony of Ostia has given as a gift to the dendrophori of Ostia: a likeness of Crispina Augusta in silver (weighing) three pounds, and a shield in bronze, and a statue of (Attis?) the Phrygian. He dedicated (this statuette) and gave to each (dendrophorus) a handout of one denarius.
translation Van Haeperen:
« Au Génie des dendrophores d’Ostie, Quintus Caecilius Fuscus, archigalle de la colonie d’Ostie [---] a offert en don aux dendrophores d’Ostie une statuette de Crispina Augusta, de trois livres d’argent, et un bouclier [---] d’argent et une statuette [---] de [---] phrygien (?) [et---] il l’a dédiée et il a donné [---] à chacun une sportule d’un denier ».
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| Notes on the source |
Van Haeperen, 'Ostia. Aire sacrée de Mater Magna (IV, 1)', in Van Haeperen 2019, https://books.openedition.org/cdf/6969
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