La omisión del dedicante en las inscripciones votivas de Hispania como indicio de su ubicación en ámbitos privados

Abstract

In the present work, we analyze the votive inscriptions of Hispania in that the dedicator is omitted. On the other hand, we study the archaeological contexts in which these inscriptions appeared, formulating the hypothesis that the above mentioned omission would indicate that the offering was destined to a private area. Some possible exceptions to this fact are those altars, in which the dedicator is not mentioned, that were situated in public buildings or temples. Nevertheless, these buildings were ?nanced and offered by concrete individuals that made inscribe their names in the monument. Therefore, the votive altars in which the dedicator does not appear, would have been situated in private places, with public’s access or not, but whose owner was well known.