Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD075374 (Last Updates: 2019-03-13, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
Matronis Aufanis MATRONIS AVFANIS
M(arcus) Val(erius) Superans M VAL SVPERANS
m(issus) h(onesta) m(issione) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) M H M V S L M
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 250 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 13, 08214.
  • H. Lehner, Die antiken Steindenkmäler des Provinzialmuseums in Bonn (Bonn 1918) 145, Nr. 319; Zeichnung.
  • B. Galsterer - H. Galsterer, Die römischen Steininschriften aus Köln, IKöln (2.
  • Aufl.) (Mainz 2010) 130-131, Nr. 130; Foto.
  • A.G. Garman, The cult of the matronae in the Roman Rhineland. An historical evaluation of the archaeological evidence (Lewiston 2008) 117, Nr. 141.

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:
1889
present location:
Bonn, Rhein. Landesmus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Kalkstein
height:
(39) cm
width:
(38) cm
depth:
(18) cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
social / economic / legal history:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
M. Val. Superans
Praenomen:
M.
Nomen:
Valerius*
Cognomen:
Superans
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD075374
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-03-13 by Feraudi
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