Erditse

Erditse is a god of the ancient Aquitaine Gaul, known by only one inscription which was discovered, in the 16th century, by Joseph Justus Scaliger on a votive altar found in the Parliament of Toulouse. The inscription was published in Inscriptiones totius orbis Romani antiquae by Jan Gruter.[1] The votive altar has now disappeared. It was likely to come from the Pyrenees[2] as many other votive altars found in the region of Comminges and dated from the 1st to the 4th century.

The inscription was correctly deciphered for the first time by Eugène Camoreyt:[3] Erditse d[eo?] / consacran(i) / Borodates / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).[4] It suggests the existence of an association of people worshipping together this deity.

References
  1. Jan Gruter, Inscriptiones totius orbis Romani antiquae, p. 1074.
  2. Rodriguez, Laëtitia; Sablayrolles, Robert (2008). Les autels votifs du musée Saint-Raymond, musée des Antiques de Toulouse. Musée Saint-Raymond, musée des Antiques de Toulouse. p. 42. ISBN 2-909454-26-6.; Rico, Christian (1997). Pyrénées romaines: essai sur un pays de frontière. Casa de Velazquez. p. 36. ISBN 84-86839-74-2.
  3. Camoreyt, Eugène (January 1896). "Un dieu injustement exclu du panthéon pyrénéen". Revue de Gascogne. Auch.
  4. CIL 12, 05379 = CIL 13, 00397


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