Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Bar Hill (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD022547 (Last Updates: 2017-09-12, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[D]eo Silv[ano] [ ]EO SILV[ ]
[C]aristan[ius] [ ]ARISTAN[ ]
[I]ustianu[s] [ ]VSTIANV[ ]
praef(ectus) PRAEF
[c]oh(ortis) I Ham[ior(um)] [ ]OH I HAM[ ]
v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito) V S L L M
Chronological Data:
142 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1898, 0152. (B)
  • F. Haverfield, in: (o. Hrsg.) The Antonine Wall report: being an account of excavations made under the direction of the Glasgow Archaeological Society during 1890-1893 (Glasgow 1899) 153-154; Foto. - AE 1898. (B)
  • EphEp 9, p. 625 n. 1242.
  • RIB 2167; Zeichnung.
  • L.J.F. Keppie - B.J. Arnold, Scotland, CSIR Great Britain 1, 4 (Oxford 1984) 36, Nr. 94; Pl. 27, 94.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
Bar Hill
find spot:
modern region:
East Dunbartonshire
year of find:
1895
present location:
Glasgow, Hunterian Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
92 cm
width:
45 cm
depth:
26 cm
letter size:
5 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present
geography:
present

Commentary

 
(B): Ha[mior(um)] statt Ham[ior(um)].

People

Person 1
Name:
[C]aristan[ius I]ustianu[s]
Nomen:
Caristanius+
Cognomen:
Iustianus+
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order

General Data

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