Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Aventicum (Civitas Helvetiorum) – Avenches (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD079973 (Last Updates: 2021-02-17, Osnabrügge)

Transcription Majuscle
Numinib(us) Aug(ustorum) NVMINIB AVG
et Genio col(oniae) Hel(vetiorum) ET GENIO COL HEL
Apollini sacr(um) APOLLINI SACR
Q(uintus) Postum(ius) Hyginus Q POSTVM HYGINVS
et Postum(ius) Hermes lib(ertus) ET POSTVM HERMES LIB
medicis et professorib(us) MEDICIS ET PROFESSORIB
d(e) s(uo) d(ederunt) D S D
Chronological Data:
151 AD – 250 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 13, 05079.
  • H. Gummerus, Der Ärztestand im römischen Reiche nach den Inschriften 1 (Helsingfors 1932) 92, Nr. 363.
  • G. Walser, Römische Inschriften in der Schweiz 1 (Bern 1979) 162-163, Nr. 77; Foto.
  • R. Frei-Stolba - A. Bielmann, Musée Romain d'Avenches. Les inscriptions. Textes, traduction et commentaire (Lausanne 1996) 31-34, Nr. 4; Foto.
  • S. Oelschig, Kaleidoskop der Epigraphik. Katalog und Rekonstruktion der römischen Steininschriften von Avenches/Aventicum (Avenches 2009) Nr. 7144; Zeichnung.
  • B. Rémy - P. Faure, Les médecins dans l'Occident romain (Péninsule Ibérique, Bretagne, Gaules, Germanies) (Bordeaux 2010) 151-152, Nr. 51; Foto.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Switzerland
ancient find spot:
Aventicum (Civitas Helvetiorum)
modern find spot:
Avenches
find spot:
modern region:
Canton de Vaud
year of find:
before 1516
present location:
Avenches, Mus. Rom.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
statue base?
material:
Kalkstein
height:
58 cm
width:
58 cm
depth:
52 cm
letter size:
4.9-2.7 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
geography:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Q. Postum. Hyginus
Praenomen:
Q.
Nomen:
Postumius*
Cognomen:
Hyginus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Postum. Hermes
Nomen:
Postumius*
Cognomen:
Hermes
gender:
male
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD079973
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2021-02-17 by Osnabrügge
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