Inscription Database

Letter from Vindolanda – Chesterholm (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD012452 (Last Updates: 2020-02-25, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Cl(audia) Severa Lepidinae [suae] CL SEVERA LEPIDINAE [ ]
[sa]l[u]tem [ ]L[ ]TEM
III Idus Septembres soror ad diem III IDVS SEPTEMBRES SOROR AD DIEM
sollemnem natalem meum rogo SOLLEMNEM NATALEM MEVM ROGO
libenter facias uti venias LIBENTER FACIAS VTI VENIAS
ad nos iucundiorem mihi AD NOS IVCVNDIOREM MIHI
[diem?] interventu tuo factura si [ ] INTERVENTV TVO FACTVRA SI
[---]s [ ]S
 
Cerial[em t]uum saluta Aelius meus [te] CERIAL[ ]VVM SALVTA AELIVS MEVS [ ]
et filios salutant ET FILIOS SALVTANT
 
sperabo te soror SPERABO TE SOROR
vale soror anima VALE SOROR ANIMA
mea ita valeam MEA ITA VALEAM
karissima et have KARISSIMA ET HAVE
 
Sulpiciae Lepidinae SVLPICIAE LEPIDINAE
Cerialis CERIALIS
a Cl(audia) S[e]vera A CL S[ ]VERA
Chronological Data:
97 AD – 105 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1987, 0747.
  • A.K. Bowman - J.D. Thomas, JRS 76, 1986, 123. - AE 1987.
  • AE 1991, 1166.
  • A.R. Birley, ZPE 88, 1991, 100-101. - AE 1991.
  • A.K. Bowman - J.D. Thomas, The Vindolanda writing-tablets (Tabulae Vindolandenses II) (London 1994) 256-259, Nr. 291.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Vindolanda
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
1985

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
letter
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Holz

General Data

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