Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD021493 (Last Updates: 2013-07-24, Masci)

Transcription Majuscle
Nymphis NYMPHIS
sacrum SACRVM
Chronological Data:
71 AD – 100 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1951, 0258.
  • AE 1951, 0098.
  • P. Bouffard, Ur-Schweiz 11, 1947, 10-13; Foto. - AE 1951.
  • G. Walser, Römische Inschriften in der Schweiz 3 (Bern 1980) 86-87, Nr. 286; Foto.
  • F. Wiblé, Vallesia 33, 1978, 33, Nr. 34.
  • M.-R. Sauter, Préhistoire du Valais. Des origines aux temps mérovingiens (Sion 1950) 128.

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:
1947
present location:
S.-Maurice, S.-Maurice, Abtei

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Kalkstein
height:
90 cm
width:
47 cm
depth:
30 cm
letter size:
4.5-4 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD021493
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-07-24 by Masci
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