RIB 129. Fragmentary dedication

Support

Type of object
Relief
Material
Oolite
Dimensions
0.229 × 0.241 × 0.064 m
Decoration and iconography
With gable top. On the right a seated goddess in long robe has a round object on her lap. Facing her stand three hooded and cloaked figures, who seem to be worshippers. The first holds an offering in his right hand. The second has hands concealed beneath his cloak.
Condition
With upper right-hand corner of gable broken off; the lower margin is complete, though weathered. The second figure has part of its head broken off. The third is damaged across the left shoulder by a chance cut.
Site
Daglingworth
Find context
In ploughing a field about 800 m. south-east of Daglingworth Church, on the west side of the Daglingworth Brook near the villa-site discovered about 1690.
Find date
1951
Modern location
Now in the Corinium Museum.
Institution/acc. #
Corinium Museum: A197

Text field

Style of lettering
(not specified)
Letter heights
(not specified)

Text

Origin of text
Daglingworth
Text type
Religious dedication
Date
a.d. 43-410
Dating source
Provisional

Edition

CVD Λ E ḶO[ ̣ ̣]V[ ̣]

Translation

No translation.

Commentary and notes

Though Holder cites Cuda as the presumed name of a river in Spain (CIL ii 760) or Cuda as a feminine cognomen (CIL v 2708), there seems to be no comparable name for a deity for interpreting this text.

Professor Toynbee interprets the seated figure as a Mother Goddess, and the standing figures as a triad of genii cucullati.

For the villa site near which this was found, see Sir R. Atkyns Ancient and present state of Glostershire (1712) 379, Rudder, Glos. 400, Witts, Handbook of Glos. 61.

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