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Prayer to Tellus

Tellus
Terra Mater, as it is prescribed for you in those books, let sacrifice be made to you with a pregnant sow of your own, as a whole burnt offering. I beg and pray that you may increase the sovereign power and majesty of the Roman people, the Quirites, in war and peace; as you have always watched over us among the Latins. Forever may you grant safety, victory and health to the Roman people, the Quirites.
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AuthorAnonymous
WorkCorpus Inscriptiones Latinae / Acta Sacrorum Saecularium
SectionVI.32323, lines 136-137
PeriodAugustan
OccasionLudi Saeculares
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formritual
DeitiesTellus
Functionspetition · dedication
Spherecivic · agricultural