Tridamus

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "RIB 304. Altar dedicated to Tridam(…)" . Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  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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