Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Arbeia – South Shields (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD023063 (Last Updates: 2020-03-10, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Deae Bri- DEAE BRI
gantiae GANTIAE
sacrum SACRVM
Congenn(i)c- CONGENNC
cus v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) CVS V S L M
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1896, 0016.
  • R. Blair, PSA 15, 1895, 403-404. - AE 1896.
  • EphEp 9, p. 573 n. 1138.
  • ILS 4717.
  • RIB 1053; Zeichnung.
  • E.J. Phillips, Corbridge. Hadrian's Wall east of the North Tyne, CSIR Great Britain 1, 1 (Oxford 1977) 83-84, Nr. 233; Pl. 62, 233.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Arbeia
modern find spot:
South Shields
find spot:
modern region:
Tyne and Wear
year of find:
1895
present location:
South Shields, Mus. and Art Gall.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
86 cm
width:
41 cm
depth:
33 cm
letter size:
5.7-3.8 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
geography:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Congennccus.
Cognomen:
Congenniccus*
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD023063
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-03-10 by Cowey
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