Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Vesontio (Civitas Sequanorum) – Besançon? (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD080642 (Last Updates: 2019-09-12, Osnabrügge)

Transcription Majuscle
Mercurio MERCVRIO
Saturninus SATVRNINVS
Mart(ii) filius MART FILIVS
v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) V S L M
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • A. Daubigney - J. Duvernoy - Y. Torres, DHA 7, 1981, 407-428; fig. 1–11 (Fotos u. Zeichnungen).
  • L. Joan, Le Doubs et le territoire de Belfort, Carte archéologique de la Gaule 25 et 90 (Paris 2003) 249; fig. 231.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
France
ancient find spot:
Vesontio (Civitas Sequanorum)
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
year of find:
before 1950
present location:
Besançon, Mus. des Beaux Arts et d'Arch.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
block
material:
Sandstein
height:
38 cm
width:
57 cm
depth:
15 cm
letter size:
5-6 cm

Commentary

 
Porvenienz unbekannt.

People

Person 1
Name:
Saturninus Mart.
Cognomen:
Saturninus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Mart.
Cognomen:
Martius*
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD080642
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-09-12 by Osnabrügge
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