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Identification

Reference as: MPL00959
Title Votive inscription from Germisara – Geoagiu (Dacia)
Trismegistos-No. 180609

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Germisara
Find Context Found in the sacral thermal area of Germisara.
Latitude 45.9358
Longitude 23.1557
Current Location unknown
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Text

Function dedication / votive inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


[]BIMARMOREOCAESAMDEMONTED[]
REGINAVNDARVMNYMPHADECVSNEMORV[]
[]TODAMNASTIPERFECTOQVEMPRECEBASSVS
MOENITAEPROPTERMOENIAGERMISARAE

[Hanc ti]bi marmoreo caesam de monte d[icavi]
regina undarum Nympha decus nemoru[m]
[vo]to damnasti perfecto quem prece Bassus
moenitae propter moenia Germisarae.

[Hanc ti]bi marmoreo caesam de monte d[icavi]
regina undarum Nympha decus nemoru[m]
[vo]to damnasti perfecto quem prece Bassus
moenitae propter moenia Germisarae.
Apparatus

Text follows IDR.

Main Translation

Translation This altar cut from a marble mountain dedicated to you, Nymph, queen of the waters, ornament of the forests, Bassus, whom you obliged (to set it up) according to his prayer, once his vote had been fulfilled, next to the walls of the fortified Germisara.
Citation Cenati, Szabó, Szabó. 2024

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameBassus
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    Romans 1by1 Linkhttp://romans1by1.com/rpeople/5564
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 107 AD
Date (To) 275 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history

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Editing History

Created 2026-08-27, by Andreea Petricioiu
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:14:11, ID there: HD045667
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:14
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-13 21:53
  3. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-13 21:54
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 15:21
  5. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-03-12 16:26
  6. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-03-12 16:52
  7. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-03-12 16:55
  8. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-03-12 16:59
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-22 11:39
  10. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-03-22 14:18
  11. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-03-22 14:27
  12. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-03-22 14:28
  13. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-03-22 14:35
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-23 10:04
  15. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-27 13:10
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