Ancasta

Ancasta

Ancasta was a Celtic goddess worshipped in Roman Britain. She is known from a single dedicatory inscription found in the United Kingdom at Bitterne, near Southampton. [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.] Ancasta may be taken to be a local goddess, possibly associated with the nearby 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'. [Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, University of Wales. " [http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/pcl-moe.pdf Proto-Celtic—English lexicon] ." (See also [http://www.wales.ac.uk/newpages/EXTERNAL/E4504.asp this page] for background and disclaimers.)]

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*British Museum, London, England.
*Carlisle Museum, Cumbria, England.
*Lancaster museum, Lancaster, England.
*Newcastle Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle, England.
*Penrith Museum, Penrith, England.
*Vercovicium Roman Museum, Housesteads, Northumberland, England.
*York Castle Museum, York, England.

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