Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Vercovicium – Housesteads (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070766 (Last Updates: 2017-02-20, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Deo DEO
Marti Quint(us) MARTI QVINT
Florius Ma- FLORIVS MA
ternus praef(ectus) TERNVS PRAEF
coh(ortis) I Tung(rorum) COH I TVNG
v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) V S L M
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00651.
  • RIB 1591; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 24, Nr. 63; Pl. 17, 63.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Vercovicium
modern find spot:
Housesteads
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
before 1716
present location:
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great North Museum, Hancock

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
128 cm
width:
58 cm
depth:
41 cm

Historical relevant data

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

People

Person 1
Name:
Quint. Florius Maternus
Praenomen:
Q.
Nomen:
Florius
Cognomen:
Maternus
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070766
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-02-20 by Cowey
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