Inscription Database

Owner/artist inscription from Cataractonium – Catterick (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD049568 (Last Updates: 2020-01-28, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[---] Opt[atus] [ ] OPT[ ]
Chronological Data:
71 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1997, 1000a.
  • R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 28, 1997, 466, Nr. 32. - AE 1997.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Cataractonium
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
North Yorkshire
year of find:
1990

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
owner/artist inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
instrumentum domesticum
material:
Ton
decoration:
present

Palaeography

Palaeography:
scratched / graffito

Commentary

 
Nach dem Brand eingeritztes Graffito. Die Inschrift besteht aus 2 aneinanderpassenden Fragmenten.

People

Person 1
Name:
Opt[atus]
Cognomen:
Optatus]+
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD049568
Work Status:
no image
Last Update:
2020-01-28 by Cowey
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