Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Summus Poeninus – Bourg-S.-Pierre (Alpes Poeninae)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD065688 (Last Updates: 2013-07-17, Masci)

Transcription Majuscle
Sex(tus) E[---] SEX E[ ]
mil(es) le[g(ionis) ---] MIL LE[ ]
gemina[e] GEMINA[ ]
v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) V S L M
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 05, 06870.
  • G. Walser, Summus Poeninus (Wiesbaden 1984) 94, Nr. 12; Foto.
  • InscrIt 11, 1, 0066; fig. 34. (B)
  • M.-R. Sauter, Préhistoire du Valais. Des origines aux temps mérovingiens (Sion 1950) 76, Nr. 23. (B)

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Switzerland
ancient find spot:
Summus Poeninus
modern find spot:
Bourg-S.-Pierre
find spot:
modern region:
État du Valais
year of find:
before 1789
present location:
Bourg-S.-Pierre, Hospiz Großer S. Bernhard

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tessera
material:
Bronze
height:
6 cm
width:
(6) cm

Palaeography

Palaeography:
punched

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present

Commentary

 
Schreibtechnik: gepunzte Buchstaben. (B): Sauter: Z. 1: Sex(tus) Ed[---]; Z. 2: mil(es) leg(ionis) XIIII; Z. 3: geminae; InscrIt, Sauter: Z. 4: v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) [m(erito)]. geminae.

People

Person 1
Name:
Sex. E[---]
Praenomen:
Sex.
Nomen:
E[---]
Cognomen:
[---]
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD065688
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-07-17 by Masci
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