Inscription Database

Owner/artist inscription from Luguvalium – Carlisle (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD018722 (Last Updates: 2017-12-12, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
|(centuria) Vesn(i) | VESN
Viator(is) VIATOR
Chronological Data:
122 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1953, 0242.
  • E. Birley, Roman Britain and the Roman Army (Kendal 1953) 179-180. - AE 1953.
  • RIB 2031; Zeichnung.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Luguvalium
modern find spot:
Carlisle
find spot:
modern region:
Cumbria
year of find:
1951
present location:
Carlisle, Tullie House Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
owner/artist inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
block
material:
Sandstein

Historical relevant data

military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Vesn. Viator.
Nomen:
Vesnius*
Cognomen:
Viator*
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD018722
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2017-12-12 by Cowey
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