Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD022553 (Last Updates: 2013-07-24, Masci)

Transcription Majuscle
[C(aio) Cae]sari Augusto [ ]SARI AVGVSTO
[Ge]rmanici Caesar(is) f(ilio) [ ]RMANICI CAESAR F
[Ger]manico imper(atori) [ ]MANICO IMPER
[po]ntifici maxumo(!) [ ]NTIFICI MAXVMO
[trib]unicia potest(ate) co(n)s(uli) [ ]VNICIA POTEST COS
[civita]tes IIII vallis Poenin(ae) [ ]TES IIII VALLIS POENIN
Chronological Data:
37 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1897, 0002.
  • AE 1900, p. 35 s. n. 105.
  • P. Collart, RSAA 3, 1941, 16-17, Nr. 9; pl. 4, 11. (B)
  • J. Michel, ASA 1896, 110. - AE 1897.
  • E. Howald - E. Mayer, Die römische Schweiz (Zürich 1940) 203, Nr. 42.
  • P. Bourban, NBAC 5, 1899, 178. (B) - AE 1900.
  • G. Walser, Römische Inschriften in der Schweiz 3 (Bern 1980) 58-59, Nr. 272; Foto.
  • M.-R. Sauter, Préhistoire du Valais. Des origines aux temps mérovingiens (Sion 1950) 129, Nr. 6.
  • E. Rosso, L'image de l'empereur en Gaule Romaine. Portraits et inscriptions (Paris 2006) 519-520, Nr. 273; Fig. 208.

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:
1896
present location:
S.-Maurice, S.-Maurice, Abtei

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
honorific inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Kalkstein
height:
61 cm
width:
78 cm
letter size:
8-5.8 cm

Historical relevant data

geography:
present

Commentary

 
Datierung: zwischen 18.3.37 und 21.9.37 (Annahme des Titels pater patriae). (B): Bourbon: Z. 1: [Imp(eratori)]; Collart: Z. 1: [Caes]ari; Z. 2: [Ger]manici; Z. 3: [Ge]rmanico.

People

Person 1
Name:
[C. Cae]sari Augusto [Ge]rmanici Caesar. f. [Ger]manico
Praenomen:
C.+
Nomen:
Caesar+
Cognomen:
Augustus Germanicus+
gender:
male
Status:
emperor / imperial household
Person 2
Name:
[Ge]rmanici Caesar.
Cognomen:
Germanicus+ Caesar
gender:
male
Status:
emperor / imperial household

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD022553
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-07-24 by Masci
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