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and sometimes resting his left on the head of a nude female beside
him (figs. 49, 50)1.

The seasons of the year, the days of the week, the divisions of
the day, all surmounted by a group representing the triumphant

Fig. 49. Fig. 50.

sky-god. We can hardly conceive a better scheme of decoration
for the Romano-Germanic Irminsul. It was appropriately dedicated
'to Iupiter Best and Greatest2' or 'to Iupiter Best and Greatest and
to Iuno the Queen3,' in one case 'to Iupiter Best and Greatest, the

1 H. Gaidoz in the Rev. Arch. 1884 ii. 8 f. figs. 1—5(4 and 5 = my figs. 49 and 50),
A. Bertrand La religion des Gaulois Paris 1897 p. 319 pi. 28. Cp. supra i. 288 f.

- L(ovi)0(ptimo)M(aximo). So on the Viergottersteine of Brotzingen (Haugin the WesU
detitsche Zeitschrift 1891 x. 22 no. 30), Schierstein (id. ib. 1891 x. 33 no. 56), Godram-
stein (id. ib. 1891 x. 45 no. 86), Mayence (id. ib. 1891 x. 59 no. 129), Kreuznach (id. ib.
1891 x. 126 no. 135), Metz (id. ib. 1891 x. 132 no. 150 [I]OM), Ahrgebiet (id. ib. 1891
x. 138 no. 164= Corp. inscr. Lat. xiii no. 7784), Mosbach (F. Hertlein op. cit. p. 119),
Kreuznach bis (id. ib. p. 124 [I]. O. M = Corp. inscr. Lat. xiii no. 7528), and on the
IVochengbtterstein of Havange (Haug in the Westdeutsche Zeitschrift 1890 ix. 34 f. no. 15,
supra p. 71 n. 1). See further F. Hertlein op. cit. p. 80.

3 I(ovi) O(ptinid) M(aximo) et Ltinoni Reginae. So on the Viergottersteine of Kastel
(Haug in the Westdeutsche Zeitschrift 1.891 x. 30 f. no 50 [I.O. M.] et I[uno]ni Re[g(inae)]),
Kastel bis (id. ib. 1891 x. 32 no. 53 I. O.M. et Iun. Reg.), Kastel ter (id. ib. 1891 x. 321.