Aveha
Aveha and Hellivesa are indigenous goddesses who were worshiped regionally in Lower Germany .
overview
The deities are so far only known through a single inscription in which they are named Ahueccaniae , along with the alleged matrons . The inscription is placed on a 92 cm high sandstone plinth, which was found in a second use in the old church of St. Dionysius in the Gleuel district of Hürth . The inscription reads:
" Ahueccanis / Avehae et Hellivesae / Sexti Val (erius) Peregrin (us) / et Val (erius) Felicio fratres / ex reditu ipsarum / l (ibentes) p (osuerunt) / Muciano et Fabiano co (n) s (ulibus) "
The brothers Sextus Valerius Peregrinus and Valerius Felicius therefore had the stone monument made at the expense of the goddesses themselves, i.e. from the temple income. The indication of the two consuls Mucianus and Fabianus enables a relatively precise dating of the monument to the year 201 AD.
The associated sanctuary could not be located, presumably it was not far from the place of discovery.
literature
- Joseph Klinkenberg : The finds from Gleuel. In: Bonner Jahrbücher . Volume 94, 1893, pp. 151-155.
- Max Him : Aveha . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2280.