Intarabus
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Intarabus was a Gaulish god in the pantheon of the Treveri and some neighbouring peoples. His name is known from nine inscriptions from a relatively compact area in what are now Belgium, Luxembourg, western Germany and eastern France.[1] He may have been the tutelary deity of one of the three pagi (subdivisions) of the Treveri.[2] In most cases, Intarabus is invoked alone – without any synthesis to a Roman deity, and without accompanying female deities. However, one inscription (CIL XIII 3653) invokes him as Mars Intarabus, noting that a fanum and simulacrum of this god had been restored at Trier.[3] Meanwhile, another inscription from Mackwiller in Alsace gives Intarabus the epithet Narius. An inscription at Ernzen in Germany has his name as Interabus, while another from Foy-Noville (now within the town of Bastogne in Belgium), invokes Enarabus in conjunction with the Genius Ollodagus.[4]
A bronze statuette from the Foy-Noville site, identified on the base as Deo Intarabo (in the dative case), depicts the god as a beardless, long-haired man in a tunic, draped with a wolf skin. His raised right hand would presumably have held a spear or some other implement, while his left hand, extended at waist length, is now missing.[5][6]
The theatre at Echternach appears to have been dedicated to Intarabus,[7] as was an aedicula at Ernzen.[8] A silver ring engraved simply with the name Intarabo (again, in the dative case) was found at Dalheim.[5]
The name ‘Intarabus’ has been characterized as “etymologically obscure”.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ Nicole Jufer & Thierry Luginbühl (2001). Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie. Paris: Editions Errance. ISBN 2-87772-200-7. (French)
- ^ Ton Derks. 1998. Gods, Temples and Ritual Practices: The Transformation of Religious Ideas and Values in Roman Gaul. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-5356-254-3. p.199.
- ^ Joan Carbonell Manils and H. Gimeno Pascual. "Un fanum in Turgalium". p.15. In Faventia 27/2, 2005. (Spanish)
- ^ Patrice Lajoye. Inventaire des divinités celtiques de l’Antiquité. Entries for Intarabus, Interabus and Enarabus, on www.arbre-celtique.com. (French)
- ^ a b Drawing of the ring and descriptions as given on a wall plaque at the Musée national d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg.
- ^ Jean-Luc Bodeux. « Fabuleux bestiaire d'Ardenne ». Le Soir, 23 August 2006. (French)
- ^ Frank Sear. 2006. Roman Theatres: An Architectural Survey. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-198-14469-4. p.210.
- ^ Weihedenkmal des Gottes Intarabus in Ernzen and Kulturgüter in der Region Trier, both concerning reconstructed monuments to Intarabus at Ernzen (with photographs). (German)
- ^ Bernhard Maier. 1998. Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-0-8511-5660-6. p.158.
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