Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD025030 (Last Updates: 2020-02-26, Osnabrügge)

Transcription Majuscle
(D)eo Merc(urio) EO MERC
M(arcus) Valerius M VALERIVS
Silvester SILVESTER
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1922, 0006.
  • H. Finke, BRGK 17, 1927, 32-33, Nr. 95.
  • G. Walser, Römische Inschriften in der Schweiz 1 (Bern 1979) 222-223, Nr. 106; Foto.
  • W. Cart, ASA 21, 1919, 9-13; fig. 1. - AE 1922.
  • S. Oelschig, Kaleidoskop der Epigraphik. Katalog und Rekonstruktion der römischen Steininschriften von Avenches/Aventicum (Avenches 2009) Nr. 7006; Zeichnung.

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:
1916
present location:
Avenches, Mus. Rom.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Kalkstein
height:
22 cm
width:
29 cm
depth:
2 cm
letter size:
3.3-3.5 cm

Commentary

 
Zahlreiche aneinanderpassende Fragmente. Z. 1: D wahrscheinlich aufgemalt; Z. 2: RI-Ligatur.

People

Person 1
Name:
M. Valerius Silvester
Praenomen:
M.
Nomen:
Valerius
Cognomen:
Silvester
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD025030
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-02-26 by Osnabrügge
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