Vasegus
Vasegus is the name of a Celtic deity . It was found only once on an inscription near Coimbra ( Portugal ) in the Roman province of Lusitania . This inscription bears the text:
- B (ene) mer (enti) / Vasega / Mari / nianu / s anim / o live (n) s (!) / S (olvit) pono / mer (ito) / ma (xime)
According to Hermann Steuding, an Interpretatio Romana with Mercurius is assumed by Emil Hübner , who - probably wrongly - reads D / MER instead of B / MER and interprets it as Deus Mercurius . Steuding himself erroneously shortens the name (?) To Bmervasegus .
Web links
- Hermann Steuding : Bmervasegus . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 788 ( digitized version ).
- Museu Nacional de Arqueologia e Etnologia: O Arqueólogo português Lisbon 1999, p. 307. (Portuguese)