Inscription Database
Votive inscription from Lens (Alpes Poeninae)
Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD065261
(Last Updates: 2013-07-17, Masci)
| Transcription | Majuscle |
| Cantismert(a)e | CANTISMERTE |
| L(ucius) Quartillius | L QVARTILLIVS |
| Quartinus | QVARTINVS |
| l(ibens) m(erito) | L M |
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 300 AD
101 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
- CIL 12, 00131.
- G. Walser, Römische Inschriften in der Schweiz 3 (Bern 1980) 12, Nr. 249; Foto.
- E. Howald - E. Meyer, Die römische Schweiz (Zürich 1940) 210, Nr. 60.
- F. Wiblé, Vallesia 1978, 33, Nr. 31.
- ILS 4701.
- M.-R. Sauter, Préhistoire du Valais. Des origines aux temps mérovingiens (Sion 1950)101, Nr. 6.
- F. Staehelin, Die Schweiz in römischer Zeit (Basel 1948) 514.
- N. Beck, Goddesses in Celtic religion (Diss. 2009) http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/lyon2/2009/beck_n (24.07.2012).
Find circumstances / present location
province:
country:
Switzerland
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
Lens
find spot:
modern region:
État du Valais
year of find:
1858
present location:
Sion, Mus. Cant. Arch.
Type of inscription / language
type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin
Type of monument
type of monument:
altar
material:
Kalkstein
height:
75 cm
width:
34 cm
depth:
23 cm
letter size:
3.5 cm
decoration:
present
Palaeography
punctuation:
hederae
Historical relevant data
religion:
names of pagan deities
Commentary
Die keltische Göttin Cantismerta ist nur aus dieser Inschrift bekannt (Mai 2013).
People
Person 1
Name:
L. Quartillius Quartinus
Praenomen:
L.
Nomen:
Quartillius
Cognomen:
Quartinus
gender:
male
General Data
HD-Nr:
HD065261
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-07-17 by Masci
See Also:
