Tridamus

Tridamus is the name of a deity attested from a single inscription on a sandstone altar from Roman Britain, found in Michaelchurch in present-day Herefordshire.^[1] The inscription reads:

DEO TRIDAM(...)

BELLICVS DON

AVIT ARA[M]^[1]

'To the god Tridam(us), Bellicus gave (this) altar'

However, alternative readings of the rough-hewn inscription also exist, some of which have read Triv or Trivii for Tridam(us).^[1] The altar remains in St Michael's Church in Michaelchurch.^[1]

The name Tridamus may be derived from the Proto-Celtic *tri-damos meaning 'three-bovine one'.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "RIB 304. Altar dedicated to Tridam(…)". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
^ Proto-Celtic—English lexicon and English—Proto-Celtic lexicon. University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. (See also this page for background and disclaimers.) Cf. also the University of Leiden database.

Sources[edit]

British Museum, London, England
Lancaster museum, Lancaster, England
Newcastle Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle, England
Penrith Museum, Penrith, England
Verovicium Roman Museum, Housesteads Fort, Northumberland, England
York Castle Museum, York, England

[rib-1] "RIB 304. Altar dedicated to Tridam(…)". Retrieved 2021-08-25.

[CAWCS-2] Proto-Celtic—English lexicon and English—Proto-Celtic lexicon. University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. (See also this page for background and disclaimers.) Cf. also the University of Leiden database.

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