Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Summus Poeninus – Bourg-S.-Pierre (Alpes Poeninae)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD065682 (Last Updates: 2013-07-17, Masci)

Transcription Majuscle
[---] M(arcus) Calpurnus [ ] M CALPVRNVS
[---] veteranus [ ] VETERANVS
[---] dominapus [ ] DOMINAPVS
v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) V S L M
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1888, 0114.
  • InscrIt 11, 1, 0059; fig. 23.
  • M.-R. Sauter, Préhistoire du Valais. Des origines aux temps mérovingiens (Sion 1950) 73, Nr. 2.
  • A. Grenier, Hommages à Léon Herrmann (Bruxelles - Berchem 1960) 26. (B)
  • ILS 4827.
  • E. Howald - E. Mayer, Die römische Schweiz (Zürich 1940) 218, Nr. 89.
  • G. Walser, Summus Poeninus (Wiesbaden 1984) 86, Nr. 5; Foto.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Switzerland
ancient find spot:
Summus Poeninus
modern find spot:
Bourg-S.-Pierre
find spot:
modern region:
État du Valais
year of find:
1886
present location:
Bourg-S.-Pierre, Hospiz Großer S. Bernhard

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tessera
material:
Bronze
height:
10 cm
width:
7 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

Commentary

 
Die Weihung an den Passgott ist verbunden mit derjenigen an die Matres - Matronae. (B): Grenier: Z. 3: dominicaus; ""dominapus"" is considered by Barocelli (InscrIt) the less used form for ""dominabus"", in dativ, referred to the Matronae.

People

Person 1
Name:
M. Calpurnus [---]
Praenomen:
M.
Nomen:
Calpurnus
Cognomen:
[---]
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD065682
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-07-17 by Masci
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