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Pillar of the Boatmen - Inscription

Pillar of the Boatmen - Inscription: Encyclopedia II - Pillar of the Boatmen - Inscription

The main dedication is to Jupiter, alongside Mercury, Mars, Fortuna, Castor and Pollux and Vulcan. Gaulish deities mentioned are Esus, Tarvos Trigaranos (the Bull with the three Cranes), Smertios and Cernunnos. The pillar is dated by a dedication to emperor Tiberius, who became Emperor in 14 AD. It was offered by the guild of sailors of Lutetia, i.e. merchants that travelled along the Seine. The dedication (CIL 13, 03026; RIG L2-1) is as follows: Tib(erio) Caesare / Aug(usto) Iovi Optum[o] / Maxsumo /See also:

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Pillar of the Boatmen: Encyclopedia II - Pillar of the Boatmen - Inscription

Pillar of the Boatmen - Inscription

The pillar is dated by a dedication to emperor Tiberius, who became Emperor in 14 AD. It was offered by the guild of sailors of Lutetia, i.e. merchants that travelled along the Seine. The dedication (CIL 13, 03026; RIG L2-1) is as follows:

Tib(erio) Caesare / Aug(usto) Iovi Optum[o] / Maxsumo / nautae Parisiaci / publice posierunt(!) // Eurises // Senani U[s]eiloni // Iovis // Tarvos Trigaranus // Volcanus // Esus // [C]ernunnos // Castor // [3] // Smeri[3]os // Fort[una?] // ]TVS[

Written in the Latin language with some Gaulish language features, some deity names are Latin and some Gaulish. It provides one of the few records of the name Cernunnos. It is notable that the Gaulish deities are all presented as deity names in their own right, not as epithets of a Roman divinity as would become common in later centuries.