Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Blatobulgium – Birrens (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD071242 (Last Updates: 2020-03-03, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Num(ini) Aug(usti) NVM AVG
deo Merc(urio) DEO MERC
sign(um) posu- SIGN POSV
erunt cu[l]- ERVNT CV[ ]
[t]ores col- [ ]ORES COL
ligni eius- LIGNI EIVS
dem dei cur(ante) DEM DEI CVR
Ing(enuio) Rufo ING RVFO
v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito) V S L M
Chronological Data:
80 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 01070.
  • CIL 07, 01070, add. p. 313.
  • ILS 7316.
  • RIB 2103; Zeichnung.

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:
38 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

People

Person 1
Name:
Ing. Rufo
Nomen:
Ingenuius*
Cognomen:
Rufus
gender:
male

General Data

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