The Ancasta Altar Ancasta was a Celtic goddess worshipped in Roman Britain . She is known from a single dedicatory inscription found in the United Kingdom at the Roman settlement of Clausentum Bitterne , near Southampton ).[ 1] River Itchen .
The votive dedication to Ancasta reads:
DEAE ANCASTAE GEMINVS MANI VSLM "To the goddess Ancasta, Geminus Mani[lius] willingly and deservedly fulfills his vow." It may be possible that the name 'Ancasta' is related to Proto-Celtic *kasto- meaning 'swift'.[ 2]
The inscription is now in the SeaCity Museum .[ 3] God's House Tower .[ 4]
References
^ Jufer, Nicole, & 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 . p.21.
^ Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, University of Wales . "Proto-Celtic—English lexicon ." (See also this page for background and disclaimers.)
^ Clausentum , Pastscape, retrieved 13 January 2012^ Douch, Robert (1968). Monuments and memorials in Southampton (Southampton papers, no.6) . City of Southampton. p. 39.
