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Altar dedicated to Isis and Serapis

Altar dedicated to Isis and Serapis
Altar with inscription was discovered in the structure of the northern wall of the spring pool during 2012.

A tripartite monolithic altar, consists of the crown, the base with moulding, and the central part with inscription. On the sides are reliefs of cantharus with vine branches. On the front and the back side is a duplicate inscription.

ISIDI ET
SERAPI AVG(usti)
SACRVM
G(aius) VAL(erius) PRISCVS
AVG(ustalis) C(oloniae) V(lpiae) T(raianae) P(oetoviensis) ET
CATIENIA
FORTVNATA CON(ius)
SIVE ORICCLIO
V(otum) S(olvit) L(ibens) M(erito)

Dedicated to the venerable gods Isis and Serapis. This vow had been gladly and by merit fulfilled by Caius Valerius Piscus Oricclius, the augustalis of the colony Ulpia Traiana Poetoviensis, and by wife Catienia Fortunata.

This altar is the first inscription dedicated to Isis and Serapis discovered in the northern region of Croatia.

Catalogue entry

Altar dedicated to Isis and Serapis
Archaeological Park Aqua Iasae, Varaždinske Toplice
inv. no. AMZ VT-ks78
Varaždinske Toplice (Aqua Iasae)
Roman Empire, 2nd-3rd c. A.D.
mramor
156 x 70 x 44 cm
archaeological excavation, 2012

Resources

  • Kušan Špalj, Dora; Nemeth, Ehrlich, Dorica. Aquae Iasae: najnovija otkrića iz rimskog razdoblja na području Varaždinskih Toplica. Zagreb, 2015. no. 73, 159.
  • Tomorad, Mladen. „The phases of penetration and diffusion of Egyptian artefacts and cults in the region of Istria and Illyricum (from the 7th c. B.C. to the 4th c. A.D.)“. U: Györy, Hedvig (ur.). Aegyptus et Pannonia V. Budapest, 2016: 185-226 + Plates 69-81. 198, 200.

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