Iouga
Iougais a suggested reconstruction of the name of aRomano-Britishgoddess known from a single fragmentary inscription on an altar-stone atYork.The name appears asIoug[...]orIou[...]on the damaged stone, which reads:
- To thenuminaof the Emperor(s) and to the goddess Iou[..], [..]sius (built/restored) a (half?) part of a temple.
Reading the fragmentary name asIoug[...],Roger Wright proposed the reconstructed formIouga,which he linked with theProto-Celtic*jugāmeaning 'yoke'. However, Theresia Pantzer, reviewing the stone, suggests that what Wright had perceived as traces of a lettergwas merely "damage to the stone rather than part of a letter".[2]The goddess is otherwise unknown.[3]
References
[edit]- ^RIB656. The stone is now at theYorkshire Museum.
- ^abTheresia Pantzer (2008)."RIB 656"Archived2011-01-11 at theWayback Machine.
- ^Colin Smith. "Vulgar Latin in Roman Britain". InAufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt,II.29.
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