Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Vindonissa – Windisch (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD025033 (Last Updates: 2020-02-05, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) I O M
C(aius) Careius Certius C CAREIVS CERTIVS
v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito) V S L L M
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 100 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1922, 0007.
  • AE 1919, 0098.
  • E. Tatarinoff, JSGU 9, 1916, 100. - AE 1919.
  • S. Heuberger, ASA 21, 1919, 23-24; Abb. 3 (Zeichnung). - AE 1922.
  • H. Finke, BRGK 17, 1927, 35, Nr. 101.
  • G. Walser, Römische Inschriften in der Schweiz 2 (Bern 1980) 142-143, Nr. 179; Foto.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Switzerland
ancient find spot:
Vindonissa
modern find spot:
Windisch
find spot:
modern region:
Kanton Aargau
year of find:
1916
present location:
Brugg, Vindonissa-Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
block
material:
Sandstein
height:
23 cm
width:
60 cm
letter size:
2.5-3 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

Palaeography:
chiselled (with remnants of paint)

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

Commentary

 
Trapezförmig nach unten hin zulaufender Stein; Inschriftfeld in Form einer tabula ansata; Reste von roter Farbe in den Buchstaben.

People

Person 1
Name:
C. Careius Certius
Praenomen:
C.
Nomen:
Careius
Cognomen:
Certius
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD025033
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-02-05 by Gräf
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