Artahe

Artaha (also spelled Artehe) is the name of an ancient god that was worshiped in Southern Gaul, in the region of Aquitania.

The theonym is recorded in several inscriptions from Saint-Pé-d'Ardet, where there seems to have been a Gallo-Roman-era cult center for the god:[1]

CIL 13, 64
Lexeia Odanni f(ilia) Artehe v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)
CIL 13, 70; AE 1888, 141
Deo Artahe L(uci) P(ompei) Pauliniani [nep(os) 3]
ILTG 37
Artahe deo Rufo IIFIS v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)
ILTG 38
[...] Artahe [...]

From the same region - the village of Lourde - comes another inscription bearing the name:

CIL 13, 71
Artehe deo Bonnexi Amandi v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)

It is also recorded in an inscription from Malvezie:

CIL 13, 73 (4, p 2)
Ar[t]a[he deo] L(ucius) Antist(ius) Syntr[o]p(h)us v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)

Etymology

The name appears to be of ancient Aquitanian origin and may be cognate with modern Basque arte "oak".[2] The place name Ardet may be derived from the theonym, or vice versa.[3]

References

  1. ↑ fr:Saint-Pé-d'Ardet
  2. ↑ Whatmough, Joshua, The Dialects of Ancient Gaul, Harvard, 1970, p. 240
  3. ↑ Whatmough, Joshua, The Dialects of Ancient Gaul, Harvard, 1970, p. 253

AE: L'Année Épigraphique, 1888

CIL: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Berlin, 1863-

ILTG: Wuilleumier, P., Inscriptions latines des Trois Gaules (France), (XVIIe Supplement à Gallia) Paris, 1963

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.