Inscription Database

Letter from Vindolanda – Chesterholm (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD051605 (Last Updates: 2020-01-28, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
C[-]ril[---] Ol[---] C[ ]RIL[ ] OL[ ]
suo salutem SVO SALVTEM
[---]uno[--]in [ ]VNO[ ]IN
sicut [---]ou[---]ium SICVT [ ]OV[ ]IVM
[-]e[-]nes de carris Brittonum [ ]E[ ]NES DE CARRIS BRITTONVM
[---]III aricarromauco bracis [ ]III ARICARROMAVCO BRACIS
mcc[---] id est m(odios) trecentos octo MCC[ ] ID EST M TRECENTOS OCTO
[---]ar[---] onerari in[-] a[-]m[--] [ ]AR[ ] ONERARI IN[ ] A[ ]M[ ]
p[---]in c[--]c[--]oc[-]rr[-] MLIII P[ ]IN C[ ]C[ ]OC[ ]RR[ ] MLIII
p[---] quem[--]edam[---] P[ ] QVEM[ ]EDAM[ ]
[---]e[--] et [-] m(odios) LXIII [---] [ ]E[ ] ET [ ] M LXIII [ ]
 
[---]cu[---] [ ]CV[ ]
Vindolanda cum[---] VINDOLANDA CVM[ ]
et velatura alent a[---] ET VELATVRA ALENT A[ ]
itas vecturas id est XCVIIIIS ITAS VECTVRAS ID EST XCVIIIIS
et omnem velaturam eo quam ET OMNEM VELATVRAM EO QVAM
vecturam eis solves merce VECTVRAM EIS SOLVES MERCE
tibi recte dixerat Sacer si de TIBI RECTE DIXERAT SACER SI DE
cera offeres Verecundo [---] CERA OFFERES VERECVNDO [ ]
suis siquid ei [---] fueris SVIS SIQVID EI [ ] FVERIS
[---]a[--] quis[---]t[---]s [ ]A[ ] QVIS[ ]T[ ]S
[---]tis vale simil[-]s [--] [ ]TIS VALE SIMIL[ ]S [ ]
Chronological Data:
92 AD – 97 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1994, 1134.
  • A. Birley - R. Birley, ZPE 100, 1994, 431-434, Nr. 1; Tafel 25. - AE 1994.
  • AE 1995, 1013.
  • A.K. Bowman - J.D. Thomas, The Vindolanda writing-tablets (Tabulae Vindolandenses III) (London 2003) 106-109, Nr. 649.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Vindolanda
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
1992

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
letter
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Holz
height:
20 cm
width:
6 cm

Historical relevant data

geography:
present
social / economic / legal history:
present

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD051605
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2020-01-28 by Cowey
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