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===Possible other attestations=== [[File:Carnonos on RIG I G-224.jpg|thumb|A [[capital (architecture)|capital]] with [[Gaulish]] {{lang|xtg|καρνονου}} or {{lang|xtg|καρνομου}}]] A [[capital (architecture)|capital]] found in [[Aumes]], France{{efn|''[[Recueil des inscriptions gauloises|RIG]]'' I G-224}} is inscribed with a short [[Gaulish]] text in [[Greek letters]]. [[Michel Lejeune (linguist)|Michel Lejeune]] has interpreted this inscription as a dedication to a god {{lang|xtg|καρνονου}} (translit. {{transliteration|xtg|karnonou}}; in English, "Carnonos"), whom he tentatively connects with the god Cernunnos. However, both Lejeune's reading and his interpretation of this inscription have been contested. Whatmough and [[D. Ellis Evans]] prefer the reading {{lang|xtg|καρνομου}} (translit. {{transliteration|xtg|karnomou}}); and [[Emmanuel Dupraz]] has argued that the inscription states that an object {{lang|xtg|καρνον}} (translit. {{transliteration|xtg|karnon}}) is being offered, rather than giving the name of a god.<ref name=G224>''[[Recueil des inscriptions gauloises|RIG]]'' I [https://riig.huma-num.fr/documents/HER-03-01 G-224] via ''Recueil informatisé des inscriptions gauloises''. Accessed on 9 December 2024.</ref><ref name=Evans>{{cite book |last=Evans |first=D. Ellis |title=Gaulish Personal Names: A Study of Some Continental Celtic Formations |location= Oxford |publisher= Clarendon Press |date=1967}}</ref>{{rp|327}} A [[wax tablet]] from [[Dacia]]{{efn|{{CIL|3|p 0924,01}}}} records a decree of 167 CE dissolving one {{lang|la|collegi(i) Iovi Cerneni}} ("[[Collegium (ancient Rome)|collegium]] of Jupiter Cernenus"), a funerary association.<ref>{{cite web |title=[69] Decree Dissolving an Association (167 CE) |url=http://www.philipharland.com/greco-roman-associations/?p=3231 |access-date=9 December 2024 |date=13 December 2018 |website=Associations in the Greco-Roman World |first=John S. |last=Kloppenborg }}</ref> David Fickett-Wilbar identifies this as a reference to Cernunnos, though he comments that it "tells us nothing about the deity other than his name".<ref name=FickettWilbar/>{{rp|80–81}} [[Theodor Mommsen]] suggested the byname {{lang|la|Cerneni}} derived from the name of nearby [[Corna (Lycaonia)|Korna]],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=[[wikisource:de:RE:Cernunnos|Cernunnos]] |encyclopedia=Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft |volume=III,2 |date=1899 |pages=1984 |last=Ihm |first=Max |location=Stuttgart |publisher=Metzler }}</ref> a hypothesis that has been followed my Michael Altjohann.<ref name=Altjohann>{{cite book |last=Altjohann |first=Michael |chapter=Cernunnos-Darstellungen in den gallischen und germanischen Provinzen |pages=67–79 |date=2003 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Noelke |title=Romanisation und Resistenz in Plastik, Architektur und Inschriften der Provinzen des Imperium Romanum. Neue Funde und Forschungen |location=Mainz |publisher=von Zabern }}</ref>{{rp|70}} Le Roux is also sceptical that it is a reference to Cernunnos, as she thinks the ''[[interpretatio romana|interpretatio]]'' of Cernunnos as the Roman god [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]] is unlikely.<ref name=LeRoux/>{{rp|328}} A bronze [[tabula ansata]] from [[Steinsel]], [[Luxembourg]],{{efn|{{AE|1987|772}}}} dating between the late 2nd and early 3rd century CE, is dedicated to one {{lang|la|Deo Ceruninco}} ("god Cerunincus"). Though close in name to Cernunnos, the editors of ''[[L'Année épigraphique]]'' argue that the form of the name entails that it must be another (probably [[Treveri]]an) god.<ref name=AE>{{cite book |chapter=No. 772 (Trois Gaules) |title= L'Année épigraphique 1987 |date=1990 |pages=220 |publisher=Presses Universitaires de France |jstor=25607525 }} = {{cite book |chapter=No. 542 (Trois Gaules) |title= L'Année épigraphique 1989 |date=1992 |pages=167–168 |jstor=25607598 |publisher=Presses Universitaires de France }}</ref>
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