right|300px|thumb|The Rhine at [[Altrip in the former territory of the Nemetes, where an inscription to Nemetona was found. evidence of her veneration is found in their former territory along the Middle Rhine She is also attested in Bath, England, where an altar to her was dedicated by a man of the Gallic Treveri people.
Etymology
Nemetona's name is derived from the Celtic root nemeto-, referring to consecrated religious spaces, particularly sacred groves. The same root is found in the names of the Romano-British goddess Arnemetia The Altrip site was further notable for yielding a terra cotta depiction of the goddess.
:[In h(onorem) d(omus)] d(ivinae) Marti Lou/[cetio et] Victoriae Neme/[tonae] M(arcus) A(urelius) Senillus Seve/[rus b(ene)f(iciarius) l]egati urnam cum / [sortib]us et phiala(m) ex / [vo]to posuit l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito) / [Grat]o et Seleuco co(n)s(ulibus) / X Kal(endas) Maias
:"In honour of the divine house, to Mars Loucetius and Victoria Nemetona, Marcus Aurelius Senillus Severus, a protégé of the general, set up an urn with its lots and serving-dish in free, cheerful, and well-deserved fulfilment of his vow on the tenth day before the Kalends of May in the consulship of Gratus and Seleucus (22 April 221)."
Noémie Beck considers the identification of Nemetona with Nemain to be "inaccurate and irrelevant".
Notes
References
- H. Finke (1927), "Neue Inschriften", Berichte der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 17, 1-107 and 198–231.
- Paula Powers Coe, "Nemetona", p. 1351 in