Inscription Database

Honorific inscription from Tarnaiae Nantuatium (Acaunum) – S.-Maurice (Alpes Poeninae)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD003595 (Last Updates: 2013-07-22, Masci)

Transcription Majuscle
[C(aio) Caesari Au]gusti f(ilio) Divi Iu[li nepoti] [ ]GVSTI F DIVI IV[ ]
[principi iuventu]tis pontifici co(n)[s(uli) imp(eratori)] [ ]TIS PONTIFICI CO[ ]
[vicesimum tert]ium ann[um ingr(esso) def(uncto) princ(ipi)] [ ]IVM ANN[ ]
des[ign(ato) Nantuates] DES[ ]
Chronological Data:
5 BC – 4 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1946, 0254a.
  • G. Walser, Vallesia 35, 1980, 121-124; Abb. 1. (B)
  • P. Collart, in: Mélanges d'histoire et de littérature offerts à Monsieur Charles Gillard (Lausanne 1944) 38-45; Foto. (B) - AE 1946.
  • G. Walser, Römische Inschriften in der Schweiz 3 (Bern 1980) 88-89, Nr. 287; Foto. (B)
  • F. Wiblé, Vallesia 33, 1978, 34, Nr. 43. (B)
  • M.-R. Sauter, Préhistoire du Valais. Des origines aux temps mérovingiens (Sion 1950) 131, Nr. 25. (B)
  • E. Rosso, L'image de l'empereur en Gaule Romaine. Portraits et inscriptions (Paris 2006) 517-518, Nr. 271; Fig. 206. (B)
  • G. Walser, in: G. Walser, Studien zur Alpengeschichte in antiker Zeit (Stuttgart 1994) 88-90, Nr. 1; Tafel 3.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Switzerland
ancient find spot:
Tarnaiae Nantuatium (Acaunum)
modern find spot:
S.-Maurice
find spot:
modern region:
État du Valais
year of find:
1942

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
honorific inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula?
material:
Kalkstein
height:
(47) cm
width:
(58) cm
letter size:
7.4-5 cm

Commentary

 
Datierung: nach dem 21.(22.?).2.4 n.Chr.: Todestag des C. Caesar. (B): Walser, Römische: Z. 3-4: [vicesimum tert]ium ann[um ingr(esso) def(uncto) princ(ipi)] / des[ign(ato) Nantuates]; Wiblé 1978: Z. 3-4: [vicesimum tert]ium ann[um ingr(esso) def(uncto)?] / [l(oco)?] des(ignato) [d(ecreto) civitatis ?] oder [Nantuates fec(erunt)?] de s[uo?]; Rosso: Z. 2: co(n)[s(uli) des(ignato)]; Z. 4: [consu]l des(ignatus).

People

Person 1
Name:
[C. Caesari Au]gusti f. Divi Iu[li nepoti]
Praenomen:
C.+
Cognomen:
Caesar+
gender:
male
Status:
emperor / imperial household
External IDs:
Person 2
Name:
[Au]gusti
Cognomen:
Augustus+
gender:
male
Status:
emperor / imperial household
External IDs:

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD003595
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-07-22 by Masci
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