Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Brocolitia, bei – Carrawburgh, bei (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD021160 (Last Updates: 2020-03-10, Cowey)

Transcription	Majuscle
Deo Invicto	DEO INVICTO
Mithrae M(arcus) Sim-	MITHRAE M SIM
plicius Simplex	PLICIVS SIMPLEX
pr(a)ef(ectus) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)	PREF V S L M

Chronological Data:
201 AD – 250 AD

Literature:

AE 1951, 0125c.
R.P. Wright, JRS 40, 1950, 115, Nr. 3; pl. 13. - AE 1951.
RIB 1546; Zeichnung.
CIMRM 0848.
J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 47-48, Nr. 122; Pl. 32, 122.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:

Britannia

country:

United Kingdom

ancient find spot:

Brocolitia, bei

modern find spot:

Carrawburgh, bei

find spot:

Mithraeum

modern region:

Northumberland

year of find:

1949

present location:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Mus. of Antiq.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:

votive inscription

language:

Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:

altar

material:

Sandstein

height:

122 cm

width:

46 cm

depth:

42 cm

letter size:

2.4-2.6 cm

decoration:

present

Historical relevant data

religion:

names of pagan deities

military:

present

People

Person 1

Name:

M. Simplicius Simplex

Praenomen:

Nomen:

Simplicius

Cognomen:

Simplex

gender:

male

Status:

equestrian order

General Data

HD-Nr:

HD021160

Work Status:

checked with photo

Last Update:

2020-03-10 by Cowey

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