Artahe

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Artaha (also spelled Artehe) is the name of an ancient goddess that was worshiped in Southern Gaul, in the region of Aquitania. She is a tutelary goddess that is thought to be associated with bears. The theonym is recorded in several inscriptions from Saint-Pé-d'Ardet, where there seems to have been a Gallo-Roman-era cult center for the god: :CIL 13, 64 :Lexeia Odanni f(ilia) Artehe v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) :CIL 13, 70; AE 1888, 141 :Deo Artahe L(uci) P(ompei) Pauliniani [nep(os) 3] :ILTG 37 :Artahe deo Rufo IIFIS v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) :ILTG 38 :[...] Artahe [...] From the same region - the village of Lourde - comes another inscription bearing the name: :CIL 13, 71 :Artehe deo Bonnexi Amandi v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) It is also recorded in an inscription from Malvezie: :CIL 13, 73 (4, p 2) :Ar[t]a[he deo] L(ucius) Antist(ius) Syntr[o]p(h)us v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)

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