Editing Nantosuelta (section)

== Depictions ==
[[File:Nantosuelta-Sucellus.jpg|180px|left|thumb|Relief of Nantosuelta and Sucellus from Sarrebourg]]
In this relief from [[Sarrebourg]], near [[Metz]], Nantosuelta, wearing a long gown is standing to the left. In her left hand she holds a small house-shaped object with two circular holes and a peaked roof. Her right hand holds a [[patera]] that she is tipping onto a cylindrical altar. 
To the right [[Sucellus]] stands, bearded, in a tunic with a cloak on his right shoulder. He holds his mallet in his right hand and an [[olla]] in his left. 
Above the figures is a dedicatory inscription and below them in very low relief is a [[raven]]. This sculpture was dated by Reinach,<ref>Salomon Reinach (1922), ''Cultes, mythes et religions'', pp.&nbsp;217–232.</ref> from the form of the letters, to the end of the first century or start of the second century.

An altar from [[Metz]] has a carving of a woman with similar dress to the Sarrebourg example, also holding a small house on a pole, thus presumed to be Nantosuelta. Sucellus is not shown on that example.

A stone representing Sucellus and Nantosuelta from a cemetery near ancient Margidunum near Nottinghamshire in addition to a votive relief of Sucellus from Margidunum, combined with an abbreviated "M." at the end of the Sarrebourg inscription led scholars to conjecture that the abbreviated "M." may suggest Margi as an epithet of Nantosuelta.<ref>Heichelheim & Housman. Sucellus and Nantosuelta in Mediaeval Celtic Mythology.</ref> The abbreviation has been suggested as an attempt by the artisan to avoid invoking the name of death directly.

Since she appears paired with deity Sucellos in epigraphy, they are interpreted as consorts.<ref>Aldhouse-Green, Miranda Jane. ''The gods of Roman Britain''. Aylesbury, Bucks, UK: Shire, Publications, 1983. p. 58.</ref>