Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Blatobulgium – Birrens (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD071241 (Last Updates: 2020-03-03, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Deo Mercu- DEO MERCV
rio Iul(ius) Cres- RIO IVL CRES
cens sigill(um) CENS SIGILL
collign(io) cult(orum) COLLIGN CVLT
eius d(e) s(uo) d(edit) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) EIVS D S D V S L M
Chronological Data:
80 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 01069.
  • CIL 07, 01069, add. p. 313.
  • ILS 7316a.
  • RIB 2102; Zeichnung.
  • L.J.F. Keppie - B.J. Arnold, Scotland, CSIR Great Britain 1, 4 (Oxford 1984) 5-6, Nr. 8; Pl. 3, 8.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Blatobulgium
modern find spot:
Birrens
find spot:
modern region:
Dumfries
year of find:
1731
present location:
Edinburgh, Nat. Mus. of Scotland

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
statue base
material:
Sandstein
height:
78 cm
width:
47 cm
depth:
29 cm
letter size:
5-3 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

People

Person 1
Name:
Iul. Crescens
Nomen:
Iulius*
Cognomen:
Crescens
gender:
male

General Data

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