Inscription Database

Building/dedicatory inscription from Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa – Sarmizegetusa (Dacia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD021029 (Last Updates: 2008-07-07, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
T(itus) Anchar(ius) Octavius T ANCHAR OCTAVIVS
dec(urio) col(oniae) Sarm(izegetusae) metrop(olis) DEC COL SARM METROP
patronus dec(uriae) XV PATRONVS DEC XV
porticum per pedes PORTICVM PER PEDES
XXXXV XXXXV
ob honorem patronatus OB HONOREM PATRONATVS
ex suo fecit EX SVO FECIT
Chronological Data:
222 AD – 270 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1914, 0116.
  • IDR 3, 2, 010; fig. 8 (Foto u. Zeichnung).
  • G. von Finály, AA 1913, 336. - AE 1914.
  • I. Piso, in: I. Piso (Hrsg.), Le forum vetus de Sarmizegetusa 1 (Bucureşti 2006) 268-269, Nr. 44; Fig. 3, 42.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Romania
ancient find spot:
Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa
modern find spot:
Sarmizegetusa
find spot:
modern region:
Hunedoara
year of find:
1913
present location:
Deva, Muz. Civil. Dac. şi Rom.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
building/dedicatory inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
height:
37 cm
width:
72 cm
depth:
2 cm
letter size:
3 cm

Historical relevant data

geography:
present
social / economic / legal history:
present

Commentary

 
Datierung: Sarmizegetusa erhielt den Beinamen metropolis unter Severus Alexander.

People

Person 1
Name:
T. Anchar. Octavius
Praenomen:
T.
Nomen:
Ancharius*
Cognomen:
Octavius
gender:
male
Status:
decurial order, higher local offices
External IDs:

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD021029
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2008-07-07 by Gräf
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