Altar for Vulkan (Benningen am Neckar)
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The altar for Vulkan from Benningen am Neckar , a municipality in the Ludwigsburg district in Baden-Württemberg , dates from the 2nd century AD. The original is exhibited in the Roman lapidarium of the Württemberg State Museum in Stuttgart .
The reed sandstone altar is 92 cm high, 45 cm wide and 23 cm deep.
The altar for Vulkan was built by the residents of the village on the Murr . A jug and a bowl with a handle are depicted on the narrow right side, two sacrificial knives in a sheath and an ax on the left .
The Roman stone monument was discovered in 1579 by the Marbach preceptor Simon Studion in the wall of a dilapidated wine cellar . In 1583 he sent the consecration stone with six other monuments to Duke Ludwig , who had them erected together with other Roman monuments in the towers of the New Lusthaus in Stuttgart.
inscription
IN H (onorem) D (omus) D (ivinae) VOLKANO SACRVM VICANI MVRREN SES V (otum) S (olverunt) L (ibentes) M (erito)
Translation: “In honor of the divine imperial house, the residents of the Vicus on the Murr had the altar set up for the volcano. They happily redeemed their vows for a fee ”(from the Württemberg State Museum ).
