Sulinus

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Altar of Sulinus from Corinium Dobunnorum

Sulinus , son of Brucetus, was a Roman sculptor who worked in Britain . He is one of the few sculptors known by name in a Roman province. The name appears on two altars found at Aquae Sulis (now Bath ) and Corinium Dobunnorum . It is believed that Sulinus worked in the latter city, for which a sculptor's workshop is also assumed.

The inscription from Bath:

" Sulevis / Sulinus / scul (p) tor / Bruceti f (ilius) / sacrum f (ecit) l (ibens) m (erito) "

" Suleviae , sculptor, son of Brucetus, made this sacred sacrifice with pleasure and merit."

The inscription from Corinium Dobunnorum:

" Sule (v) is / Sulinus / Bruceti / v (otum) s (olvit) l (ibens) m (erito) "

"Sulinus, (son of) Brucetus, gladly and meritoriously felt his vow on the Suleviae."

literature

  • Jocelyn Toynbee : Art in Roman Britain. Phaidon Press, London 1962, p. 130.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roman inscriptions in Britain. No. 151.
  2. ^ Roman inscriptions in Britain. No. 105.
personal data
SURNAME Sulinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman-British sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH between 1st century BC BC and 4th century
DATE OF DEATH between 43 and 4th centuries