Inscription Database

Letter from Vindolanda – Chesterholm (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD050169 (Last Updates: 2020-01-28, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Masc(u)lus Ceriali regi suo MASCLVS CERIALI REGI SVO
salutem SALVTEM
cras quid velis nos fecisse CRAS QVID VELIS NOS FECISSE
rogo domine prae- ROGO DOMINE PRAE
cipias utrum[n]e CIPIAS VTRVM[ ]E
cum vexsillo(!) omnes CVM VEXSILLO OMNES
rediemus an alter- REDIEMVS AN ALTER
ni c[---]rum aeque NI C[ ]RVM AEQVE
 
------] felicissim[u]s [---] ] FELICISSIM[ ]S [ ]
et sis mihi propitius ET SIS MIHI PROPITIVS
cervesam commilitones CERVESAM COMMILITONES
non habunt quam NON HABVNT QVAM
rogo iubeas mitti ROGO IVBEAS MITTI
 
F[l]avio Ceriali F[ ]AVIO CERIALI
praef(ecto) PRAEF
a Masc(u)lo dec(urione) A MASCLO DEC
Chronological Data:
97 AD – 105 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1996, 0959.
  • A.K. Bowman - J.D. Thomas, Britannia 27, 1996, 323-326, Nr. 3; pl. 10. - AE 1996.
  • AE 1997, 1008.
  • AE 2011, 0660.
  • D.B. Cuff, Britannia 42, 2011, 145-146. - AE 2011.
  • A.K. Bowman - J.D. Thomas, The Vindolanda writing-tablets (Tabulae Vindolandenses III) (London 2003) 84-86, Nr. 628.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Vindolanda
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
1993

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
letter
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
diptych
material:
Holz
height:
17 cm
width:
7 cm

Historical relevant data

military:
present

Commentary

 
Brief.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD050169
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2020-01-28 by Cowey
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