Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Vercovicium – Housesteads (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070777 (Last Updates: 2017-08-18, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Deo DEO
Hueteri HVETERI
Superstes [et] SVPERSTES [ ]
Regulu[s] REGVLV[ ]
v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) [m(erito)] V S L [ ]
Chronological Data:
122 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 9, p. 591 n. 1183.
  • RIB 1602; Zeichnung.
  • AE 2008, 0802a.
  • R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 39, 2008, 388, (a). - AE 2008.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 74, Nr. 184; Pl. 51, 184.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Vercovicium
modern find spot:
Housesteads
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
1910
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:
30 cm
width:
18 cm
depth:
17 cm
letter size:
2.4-2.1 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

People

Person 1
Name:
Superstes
Cognomen:
Superstes
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Regulu[s]
Cognomen:
Regulus+
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070777
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-08-18 by Cowey
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