Definition of Puteal. Meaning of Puteal. Synonyms of Puteal

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Definition of Puteal

Puteal
Puteal Pu"te*al, n. [L., fr. puteus well.] (Arch.) An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb. --Weale.

Meaning of Puteal from wikipedia

- A puteal (Latin: from puteus ("well") – pl.: putealia) is a classical wellhead built around a water well's access opening. The enclosure keeps people from...
- The Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian Puteal) or Puteal Libonis (Puteal of Libo) was a structure in the Forum Romanum in Ancient Rome. A puteal was a classical...
- consecrated the Puteal Scribonianum often mentioned by ancient writers, which was located in the forum close to the Arcus Fabi****. It was called Puteal as it was...
- The Guilford Puteal is a Pentelic marble Ancient Roman sculpture. Its name derives from its use as a puteal or wellhead, and one of its previous owners...
- feriae); on account of him then they toss wreaths into fountains and garland puteals" (Fontanalia a Fonte, quod is dies feriae eius; ab eo tum et in fontes...
- ISBN 978-1421932125. Carpenter, Rhys (1925). "The Fates of the Madrid Puteal". American Journal of Archaeology. 29 (2): 117–134. doi:10.2307/497894....
- sculpture of Jupiter, holding a thunderbolt in his right hand; detail from the Moncloa Puteal (Roman, 2nd century), National Archaeological Museum, Madrid...
- a structure built by C. Aurelius Cotta around 80 BC near the so-called Puteal Libonis, a bidental used for sacred oaths before trials. After the funeral...
- depicting Livia as Diana and Octavian as Mercury (Rome, 30–25 BC) Guildford Puteal from Corinth, Greece (30–10 BC) Bronze head of Augustus from Meroë in Sudan...
- The complementarity of the epithets is shown in inscriptions found on puteals or bidentals reciting either fulgur Dium conditum or fulgur Summanum conditum...