ABSTRACT
An inscribed altar at Narbo, to all appearances an Antonine copy, records that it was dedicated to the Numen Augusti in A.D. 12/13 in compliance with a vow made by the plebs Narbonensium on 22nd September, A.D. 11. According to the regulations of the cult, a board made up of three knights from the local plebs and three freedmen shall on major anniversaries pay cult to the emperor's numen with prescribed rites. The key point is that, in keeping with the vow made in perpetuity by the inhabitants of Narbo, offerings were to be made at the Ara Numinis Augusti and are addressed to the Numen Augusti. Quite clearly, therefore, the Imperial Numen could receive incense and wine along with hostiae, presumably including the victims which are mentioned elsewhere in the inscription without explicit record of the recipient.
