Viergötterstein
Viergötterstein is the modern name for the base of Jupiter's giant columns, which is decorated on all sides with gods . The term comes from provincial Roman archeology .
On the sides of the stone bears the image of the four venerated gods - mostly Juno , Mercurius , Minerva and Hercules . Sandstone was often used as a material , which is why the state of preservation is often not particularly good. The base of the stones is not always exactly square; two sides of the stone shown here are slightly wider.
Minerva on a stone of the four gods, 2nd to 3rd century AD (obverse)
Hercules on a stone of the four gods, 2nd to 3rd century AD (left side)
Mercurius on a stone of the four gods, 2nd to 3rd century AD (back)
Juno on a stone of the four gods, 2nd to 3rd century AD (right side)
Stone of the Four Gods with Neptunus, Hercules and Diana, 200-250 AD, Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren (B)
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Viergötterstein in Schwalbach am Taunus
Hercules
Minerva
Juno
Mercury
literature
- Gerhard Bauchhenß , Peter Noelke : The Iupiter columns in the Germanic provinces . Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1981. (= Bonner Jahrbücher , supplement 41) ISBN 3-7927-0502-8
- Gerhard Bauchhenß: Jupiter giant columns . Stuttgart 1976. (Small writings on the knowledge of the history of the Roman occupation of Southwest Germany, 14)
