Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Mogontiacum – Mainz (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD055284 (Last Updates: 2017-10-25, Gräf)

Transcription	Majuscle
D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae)	D I M

<q=O>ui v-	OVI V
ovit	OVIT
<s>o<lv=IN>-	OIN
it l(ibens) l(aetus)	IT L L
[m(erito)](?)	[ ]

Chronological Data:
151 AD – 200 AD

Literature:

AE 1894, 0031.
CIL 13, 06757.
CIMRM 1228.
K. Zangemeister, KWDZ 12, 1893, 226-227. - AE 1894.
H.G. Frenz, Denkmäler römischen Götterkultes aus Mainz und Umgebung, CSIR Deutschland 2, 4 (Mainz 1992) 126, Nr. 112; Tafel 92, 112.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:

Germania superior

country:

Germany

ancient find spot:

Mogontiacum

modern find spot:

Mainz

find spot:

Altenauergasse, mittelalterliche Mauer, sekundär verwendet

modern region:

Rheinland-Pfalz

year of find:

1893

present location:

Mainz, Landesmus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:

votive inscription

language:

Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:

altar

material:

Sandstein

height:

(37) cm

width:

22 cm

depth:

21 cm

letter size:

3.0-2.5 cm

decoration:

present

Palaeography

Palaeography:

chiselled (with remnants of paint)

Historical relevant data

religion:

names of pagan deities

Commentary

Autopsie R. Wiegels. Reste von roter Farbe in den Buchstaben. Z. 1 befindet sich auf dem oberen Rahmen des Inschriftfeldes. (B): CIMRM: Z. 4/5: Zeilenfall nicht angegeben.

General Data

HD-Nr:

HD055284

Work Status:

checked through autopsy

Last Update:

2017-10-25 by Gräf

Download

EpiDoc XML
JSON