Inscription Database

Building/dedicatory inscription from Buthrotum – Ksamil, bei (Epirus)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD064398 (Last Updates: 2013-01-29, Ehmig)

Transcription Majuscle
[M]inervae [ ]INERVAE
August(ae) sacr(um) AVGVST SACR
M(anius) Otacilius Mystes M OTACILIVS MYSTES
et aedem d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) f(aciendam) c(uravit) ET AEDEM D S P F C
l(ocus) d(atus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) L D D D
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 180 AD
Literature:
  • J.R. Patterson, in: I.L. Hansen - R. Hodges (Hrsg.), Roman Butrint.
  • An assessment (Oxford 2007) 40-43; fig. 3, 1. - AE 2007.
  • AE 2007, 1290.
  • U. Ehmig - R. Haensch, Die lateinischen Inschriften aus Albanien (LIA) (Bonn 2012) 586-588, Nr. 247; Foto.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Albania
ancient find spot:
Buthrotum
modern find spot:
Ksamil, bei
find spot:
modern region:
Qarku i Vlorës
present location:
Butrint, Muz.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
building/dedicatory inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Kalkstein
height:
87 cm
width:
125 cm
depth:
8 cm
letter size:
7-13 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
social / economic / legal history:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
M'. Otacilius Mystes
Praenomen:
M'.
Nomen:
Otacilius
Cognomen:
Mystes
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD064398
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-01-29 by Ehmig
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