Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Brocolitia – Carrawburgh (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070721 (Last Updates: 2017-03-07, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Genio GENIO
hu(i)us lo- HVVS LO
ci Texand(ri) CI TEXAND
et Suve(vae?) ET SVVE
vex(illarii) cohor(tis) II Nervior- VEX COHOR II NERVIOR
um VM
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 3, p. 134 n. 103.
  • RIB 1538; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 9, Nr. 20; Pl. 5, 20.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Brocolitia
modern find spot:
Carrawburgh
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
1874
present location:
Chesters, Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
52 cm
width:
21 cm
depth:
16 cm
letter size:
1.1-2.8 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present
geography:
present

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070721
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-03-07 by Cowey
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