Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD066593 (Last Updates: 2013-07-17, Masci)

Transcription Majuscle
M(arcus) Cassius M CASSIVS
Festus FESTVS
miles leg(ionis) X |(centuria) Iu[l]i MILES LEG X | IV[ ]I
Rufi RVFI
votum s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) VOTVM S L M
Chronological Data:
51 AD – 130 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1894, 0150.
  • AE 1991, 0876.
  • E. Ferrero, NSA 1894, 36. - AE 1894.
  • L. Gasperini, Epigrafia. Actes du Colloque international d'épigraphie latine en mémoire de Attilio Degrassi (Roma 1991) 721, Nr. 6. - AE 1991.
  • InscrIt 11, 1, 0061; fig. 7.
  • E. Howald - E. Mayer, Die römische Schweiz (Zürich 1940) 215, Nr. 75.
  • M.-R. Sauter, Préhistoire du Valais. Des origines aux temps mérovingiens (Sion 1950) 75, Nr. 13bis.
  • G. Walser, Summus Poeninus (Wiesbaden 1984) 88, Nr. 7; Foto.

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:
1893
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:
11 cm
width:
5 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
M. Cassius Festus
Praenomen:
M.
Nomen:
Cassius
Cognomen:
Festus
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Person 2
Name:
Iu[l]i Rufi
Nomen:
Iulius+
Cognomen:
Rufus
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD066593
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-07-17 by Masci
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