Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Colonia Claudia Augusta? Agrippinensium – Köln (Germania inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD001266 (Last Updates: 2021-06-09, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
[I](ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) e[t] [ ] O M E[ ]
Matronis MATRONIS
pontem PONTEM
C(aius) Hedius Silva- C HEDIVS SILVA
nus IIIIIIvir NVS IIIIIIVIR
Aug(ustalis) AVG
v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) l(ocus) d(atus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) V S L M L D D D
 
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) e[t] I O M E[ ]
Matronis MATRONIS
pontem PONTEM
C(aius) Hedius Silv- C HEDIVS SILV
anus IIIIIIvir ANVS IIIIIIVIR
Aug(ustalis) AVG
v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) l(ocus) d(atus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) V S L M L D D D
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1984, 0654. (B)
  • B. Galsterer - H. Galsterer, in: EpStud 13 (Köln 1983) 174-177, Nr. 5; Abb. 5a u. 5b. - AE 1984.
  • B. Galsterer - H. Galsterer, Die römischen Steininschriften aus Köln, IKöln (2.
  • Aufl.) (Mainz 2010) 102-103, Nr. 94; Fotos.
  • A.G. Garman, The cult of the matronae in the Roman Rhineland. An historical evaluation of the archaeological evidence (Lewiston 2008) 150, Nr. 305 u. 306.

    IIIF Manifest

    Find circumstances / present location

    province:
    country:
    Germany
    ancient find spot:
    Colonia Claudia Augusta? Agrippinensium
    modern find spot:
    Köln
    find spot:
    modern region:
    Nordrhein-Westfalen
    year of find:
    1979
    present location:
    Köln, Röm.-Germ. Mus.

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    votive inscription
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    altar
    material:
    Kalkstein
    height:
    (98) cm
    width:
    (55) cm
    depth:
    (44) cm
    letter size:
    5-10 cm
    decoration:
    present

    Historical relevant data

    religion:
    names of pagan deities; cult functions, pagan
    geography:
    present
    social / economic / legal history:
    present

    Commentary

     
    Erste Dedikation gemeinsam an Iuppiter und Matronen. Stein war wohl auf Brücke aufgestellt, vermutlich daher die beidseitige Beschriftung. (B): Phantasietext, d.h. Mischung aus beiden Texten hinsichtlich der Zeilenfälle und erhaltenen Buchstaben.

    People

    Person 1
    Name:
    C. Hedius Silvanus
    Praenomen:
    C.
    Nomen:
    Hedius
    Cognomen:
    Silvanus
    gender:
    male
    Status:
    Augustales

    General Data

    HD-Nr:
    HD001266
    Work Status:
    checked with photo
    Last Update:
    2021-06-09 by Feraudi
    See Also:

    Download