Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Nideggen (Germania inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD077688 (Last Updates: 2020-11-18, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
Matronis MATRONIS
Veterane<h=I>is VETERANEIIS
C(aius) Valerius Spe- C VALERIVS SPE
ratus pro se et RATVS PRO SE ET
suis l(ibens) m(erito) SVIS L M
Chronological Data:
151 AD – 250 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 13, 07822; Zeichnung.
  • H. Lehner, Die antiken Steindenkmäler des Provinzialmuseums in Bonn (Bonn 1918) 199, Nr. 524; Zeichnung.
  • F. Biller, Kultische Zentren und Matronenverehrung in der südlichen Germania inferior (Rahden 2010) 145-146, Nr. IV.2.1.3.g; Taf. 10, 3.
  • A.G. Garman, The cult of the matronae in the Roman Rhineland. An historical evaluation of the archaeological evidence (Lewiston 2008) 144, Nr. 276.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Germany
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
Nideggen
find spot:
modern region:
Nordrhein-Westfalen
year of find:
1857
present location:
Bonn, Rhein. Landesmus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
(100) cm
width:
(62) cm
depth:
(18) cm
letter size:
7-5.5 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

Commentary

 
Z. 2: Verwendung eines aspirierten Velars (Biller).

People

Person 1
Name:
C. Valerius Speratus
Praenomen:
C.
Nomen:
Valerius
Cognomen:
Speratus
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD077688
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-11-18 by Feraudi
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