Antenociticus

Antenociticus also Anociticus, is the name of a Celtic deity who was worshiped in Britain. This is a altbritannischen local god.

Localization

In a temple of the Roman forts on Hadrian's Wall Condercum, near the present-day Benwell in the West of Newcastle upon Tyne there are three altars dedicated to the Antenociticus. In addition to the dedicatory inscriptions on these altars (RIB 1327-1329 ) also remains a life-size statue of the god were found in 1862, including lower leg, upper arm and the head, all made ​​of sandstone. The neck is adorned with a torc ( Ring ). This head with the supposedly resembling horns hairstyle - which is, however, not seen by all scholars of so - has simultaneously on distinct stylistic elements of the La Tène period and Mediterranean stone carving. These artifacts are now in the Great North Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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