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

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