Inscription Database

Acclamation from Vinovia – Binchester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD004796 (Last Updates: 2020-02-25, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Armea me docuit recte ARMEA ME DOCVIT RECTE
(ti?)bi dicere cunctis BI DICERE CVNCTIS
Chronological Data:
51 AD – 150 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1978, 0450. (B)
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 9, 1978, 477, Nr. 27; pl. 31 B. - AE 1978. (B)
  • RIB 2491, 146(i); Pl. VII A. u. Zeichnung.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Vinovia
modern find spot:
Binchester
find spot:
modern region:
Durham
year of find:
1977
present location:
Barnard Castle, Bowes Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
acclamation
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tile
material:
Ton
height:
17 cm
width:
18 cm
depth:
3 cm

Palaeography

Palaeography:
scratched / graffito

Commentary

 
Inschrift eingeritzt. Hexameter mit formelhaftem, elegischen ""me docuit""; Ziegel mit gleichlautendem Text bereits publiziert in Arch.Journ. 1, 1893, 293. (B): Z. 2 bi dicere für bene dicere statt (ti?)bi dicere. Graffito.

People

Person 1
Name:
Armea
Cognomen:
Armea

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD004796
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-02-25 by Cowey
See Also:

Download