Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Aesica – Great Chesters (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD022199 (Last Updates: 2017-09-19, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) I O M
D[ol]ic(h)eno Lu- D[ ]ICENO LV
cius Maxim- CIVS MAXIM
ius Gaetulic- IVS GAETVLIC
us |(centurio) leg(ionis) XX V(aleriae) v(ictricis) VS | LEG XX V V
v(otum) [s(olvit) l(ibens)] m(erito) V [ ] M
Chronological Data:
131 AD – 170 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1898, 0025. (B)
  • F. Haverfield, ArchAel 19, 1898, 271, Nr. 4; fig. 4. - AE 1898. (B)
  • EphEp 9, p. 595 n. 1192.
  • RIB 1725; Zeichnung.
  • CCID 561.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 46-47, Nr. 120; Pl. 31, 120.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Aesica
modern find spot:
Great Chesters
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
1897

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
102 cm
width:
53 cm
depth:
29 cm
letter size:
6.3-5.4 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Lucius Maximius Gaetulicus
Praenomen:
L.
Nomen:
Maximius
Cognomen:
Gaetulicius
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD022199
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-09-19 by Cowey
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