Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Croy Hill (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD071289 (Last Updates: 2020-03-03, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) Dolic]heno [ ]HENO
[---] [ ]
Chronological Data:
142 AD – 161 AD
Literature:
  • RIB 2158; Zeichnung.
  • L.J.F. Keppie - B.J. Arnold, Scotland, CSIR Great Britain 1, 4 (Oxford 1984) 33-34, Nr. 88; Pl. 25, 88.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
Croy Hill
find spot:
modern region:
Dunbartonshire
year of find:
1931
present location:
Edinburgh, Nat. Mus. of Scotland

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
relief
material:
Sandstein
height:
(53) cm
width:
(26) cm
depth:
20 cm
letter size:
2.5-4 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

Commentary

 
Die Inschrift besteht aus 2 nicht aneinanderpassenden Fragmenten. Die Masse von Fr. a) sind: Höhe: -30; Breite: -20.5; Tiefe: 18.5. Reliefdarstellung von Jupiter Dolichenus.

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