Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Meerbusch (Germania inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD079668 (Last Updates: 2019-04-26, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
Matronis Oc- MATRONIS OC
tocannabus TOCANNABVS
C(aius) Iulius Seranus C IVLIVS SERANVS
et Vipsania Fa- ET VIPSANIA FA
hena ex imp(erio) HENA EX IMP
i<p=B>sa(rum) v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito) IBSA V S L M
Chronological Data:
151 AD – 250 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 13, 08572; Zeichnung.
  • H. Lehner, Die antiken Steindenkmäler des Provinzialmuseums in Bonn (Bonn 1918) 154, Nr. 337; Zeichnung.
  • A.G. Garman, The cult of the matronae in the Roman Rhineland. An historical evaluation of the archaeological evidence (Lewiston 2008) 123, Nr. 172.
  • CF-GeI-81  hdl.handle.net/11471/504.50.81 (26.04.2019).

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Germany
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
Meerbusch
find spot:
modern region:
Nordrhein-Westfalen
year of find:
1863
present location:
Bonn, Rhein. Landesmus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
57 cm
width:
37 cm
depth:
19 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

People

Person 1
Name:
C. Iulius Seranus
Praenomen:
C.
Nomen:
Iulius
Cognomen:
Seranus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Vipsania Fahena
Nomen:
Vipsania
Cognomen:
Fahena
gender:
female

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD079668
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-04-26 by Feraudi
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