Inscription Database
Votive inscription from Aventicum (Civitas Helvetiorum) – Avenches (Germania superior)
Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD079973
(Last Updates: 2021-02-17, Osnabrügge)
| Transcription | Majuscle |
| Numinib(us) Aug(ustorum) | NVMINIB AVG |
| et Genio col(oniae) Hel(vetiorum) | ET GENIO COL HEL |
| Apollini sacr(um) | APOLLINI SACR |
| Q(uintus) Postum(ius) Hyginus | Q POSTVM HYGINVS |
| et Postum(ius) Hermes lib(ertus) | ET POSTVM HERMES LIB |
| medicis et professorib(us) | MEDICIS ET PROFESSORIB |
| d(e) s(uo) d(ederunt) | D S D |
Chronological Data:
151 AD – 250 AD
151 AD – 250 AD
Literature:
- CIL 13, 05079.
- H. Gummerus, Der Ärztestand im römischen Reiche nach den Inschriften 1 (Helsingfors 1932) 92, Nr. 363.
- G. Walser, Römische Inschriften in der Schweiz 1 (Bern 1979) 162-163, Nr. 77; Foto.
- R. Frei-Stolba - A. Bielmann, Musée Romain d'Avenches. Les inscriptions. Textes, traduction et commentaire (Lausanne 1996) 31-34, Nr. 4; Foto.
- S. Oelschig, Kaleidoskop der Epigraphik. Katalog und Rekonstruktion der römischen Steininschriften von Avenches/Aventicum (Avenches 2009) Nr. 7144; Zeichnung.
- B. Rémy - P. Faure, Les médecins dans l'Occident romain (Péninsule Ibérique, Bretagne, Gaules, Germanies) (Bordeaux 2010) 151-152, Nr. 51; Foto.
Find circumstances / present location
province:
country:
Switzerland
ancient find spot:
Aventicum (Civitas Helvetiorum)
modern find spot:
Avenches
find spot:
modern region:
Canton de Vaud
year of find:
before 1516
present location:
Avenches, Mus. Rom.
Type of inscription / language
type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin
Type of monument
type of monument:
statue base?
material:
Kalkstein
height:
58 cm
width:
58 cm
depth:
52 cm
letter size:
4.9-2.7 cm
Historical relevant data
religion:
names of pagan deities
geography:
present
People
Person 1
Name:
Q. Postum. Hyginus
Praenomen:
Q.
Nomen:
Postumius*
Cognomen:
Hyginus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Postum. Hermes
Nomen:
Postumius*
Cognomen:
Hermes
gender:
male
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen
General Data
HD-Nr:
HD079973
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2021-02-17 by Osnabrügge
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