Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD066595 (Last Updates: 2013-07-17, Masci)

Transcription Majuscle
C(aius) Vettius Sal[---] C VETTIVS SAL[ ]
p(rimus) p(ilus) leg(ionis) XV P P LEG XV
v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) V S L M
Chronological Data:
31 AD – 70 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1894, 0149.
  • E. Ferrero, NSA 1893, 36. - AE 1894.
  • InscrIt 11, 1, 0092; fig. 6.
  • E. Howald - E. Mayer, Die römische Schweiz (Zürich 1940) 216, Nr. 77.
  • M.-R. Sauter, Préhistoire du Valais. Des origines aux temps mérovingiens (Sion 1950) 74-75, Nr. 12.
  • G. Walser, Summus Poeninus (Wiesbaden 1984) 120-121, Nr. 38; 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:
6 cm
width:
13 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
C. Vettius Sal[---]
Praenomen:
C.
Nomen:
Vettius
Cognomen:
Sal[---]
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD066595
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-07-17 by Masci
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