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Historical Archive: Pinecone bronze, height 91 cm, diameter in center 68 cm (35.8 x 26.8 inches) around 800 or 1000 base with inscription tenth century probably part of a fountain in the cathedral atrium set on a column next to the door by the late 15th c. taken to Paris 1794, returned to Aachen 1815, placed in vestibule 1893 inscription: "Water gives to this world whatever they bring to its growth; the fertile Euphrates, the Tigris fast as an arrow. The maker Udelrich the pious abbot sings thanks." On inscription see Inschriftenkatalog. Aachen, Cathedral vestibule full, inscription beginning + DANT on right full, inscription beginning + FERTILIS on left fragmentary river personification; + DANT OR... / QVAEQ- INC... fragmentary river personification, closer; + DANT [L]ATICES / ...MENTA GERENTES + FERTILIS EVFRATES VE/LOX VT MISSILE TYGRIS+ vessel; + FERTIL vessel; ...VE[LOX] fragmentary river personification; ...S / ...N hole for water at tip of leaf interior related: pinecone fountain, Publius Cincius Salvius, 1st-2nd c. cast bronze, Vat. For other views see Vat.