Aurelia Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 A massive altar dedicated to an eastern cult deity has emerged during excavations of a Roman fort in northern England. Weighing 1.5 tons, the four-foot high ornately carved stone relic, was unearthed at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, which was built by order of the Emperor Hadrian between 122-30 A.D. Full article at Discovery News. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rompe Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 This is an AWESOME piece of news that you have put up. Appreciate it! I was wondering if there was any colour on any of the sculptures, columns etc...this has really answered a lot of my questions and opens up so many more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylla Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 (edited) A massive altar dedicated to an eastern cult deity has emerged during excavations of a Roman fort in northern England. Weighing 1.5 tons, the four-foot high ornately carved stone relic, was unearthed at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, which was built by order of the Emperor Hadrian between 122-30 A.D. Full article at Discovery News. This is an AWESOME piece of news that you have put up. Appreciate it! I was wondering if there was any colour on any of the sculptures, columns etc...this has really answered a lot of my questions and opens up so many more. The religion of Iuppiter Dolichenus in the Roman army by Michael Speidel Actually, this cult is relatively well-known; it was a "mystery religion" in the theological sense. Edited July 31, 2009 by sylla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 The religion of Iuppiter Dolichenus in the Roman army by Michael SpeidelActually, this cult is relatively well-known; it was a "mystery religion" in the theological sense. Your link is broken. Could you try to post it again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 (edited) The religion of Iuppiter Dolichenus in the Roman army by Michael SpeidelActually, this cult is relatively well-known; it was a "mystery religion" in the theological sense. If you read the full press release from the Vindolanda Trust they make it very clear that this altar is dedicated to one of the various Roman 'mystery cults' rather than being a 'mysterious god' It rather looks like 'Discovery News' have again managed to misinterprete a press release to 'create' their own story thereby confounding anyone without the requisite background knowledge from realising what they have got wrong BTW they have now found the base of a second altar 'Stop Press: The bottom half of a second altar has also been discovered in the shrine. This altar was dedicated by a prefect of the Second Cohort of Nervians, a Vindolanda regiment that then moved to the fort at Whitley Castle in the third century.' c/f Vindolanda Press Release: Tuesday July 14th. 2009 (N.B. if reading during 2010 or later you will probably need to go to the relevant 'news 2009' page for this press release) http://www.vindolanda.com/excavations.html Melvadius Edited July 31, 2009 by Melvadius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylla Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 (edited) Your link is broken. Could you try to post it again? Oooops! Sorry for that The religion of Iuppiter Dolichenus in the Roman army by Michael Speidel once again. Edited July 31, 2009 by sylla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Your link is broken. Could you try to post it again? Oooops! Sorry for that The religion of Iuppiter Dolichenus in the Roman army by Michael Speidel once again. Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Robert Turcan's Cults of the Roman Empire includes a chapter on Dolichenus and other Syrian/Anatolian deities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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