Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD065687 (Last Updates: 2013-07-17, Masci)

Transcription Majuscle
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) Poenino I O M POENINO
C(aius) Domitius C DOMITIVS
Carassounus CARASSOVNVS
Hel(vetius) mango(!) HEL MANGO
votum s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) VOTVM S L M
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1892, 0135.
  • InscrIt 11, 1, 0065; fig. 13.
  • M.-R. Sauter, Préhistoire du Valais. Des origines aux temps mérovingiens (Sion 1950) 74, Nr. 7.
  • ILS 4851.
  • G. Walser, Summus Poeninus (Wiesbaden 1984) 92-93, Nr. 11; Foto.
  • E. Ferrero, NSA 1892, 68; Foto. - AE 1892.
  • E. Howald - E. Mayer, Die römische Schweiz (Zürich 1940) 217, Nr. 82.

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:
1891
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:
tabula
material:
Bronze
height:
24 cm
width:
(14) cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

Palaeography:
engraved
punctuation:
hederae

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
geography:
present

Commentary

 
Inschriftträger: tabula ansata. Schreibtechnik: Buchstaben eingraviert. Z. 4: mango: Sklavenhändler.

People

Person 1
Name:
C. Domitius Carassounus Hel.
Praenomen:
C.
Nomen:
Domitius
Cognomen:
Carassounus
Origo:
Helvetius*
gender:
male
Beruf:
present

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD065687
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-07-17 by Masci
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