Inscription Database

Letter from Vindonissa – Windisch (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD023932 (Last Updates: 2019-11-06, Osnabrügge)

Transcription Majuscle
Dabis Frontoni DABIS FRONTONI
|(centuria) Vindicis [---] | VINDICIS [ ]
[------ [
Chronological Data:
30 AD – 101 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1926, 0005. (B)
  • CEL 052. (B)
  • CEL 052 add. p. 68.
  • O. Bohn, ASA 27, 1925, 195; Zeichnung. (B) - AE 1926.
  • H. Finke, BRGK 17, 1927, 42, Nr. 127. (B)
  • M.A. Speidel, Die römischen Schreibtafeln von Vindonissa (Brugg 1996) 132-133, Nr. 18; Foto u. Zeichnung.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Switzerland
ancient find spot:
Vindonissa
modern find spot:
Windisch
find spot:
modern region:
Kanton Aargau
present location:
Brugg, Vindonissa-Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
letter
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Holz
height:
(5) cm
width:
13 cm

Palaeography

Palaeography:
scratched / graffito

Commentary

 
Obere Hälfte der Aussentafel eines Briefes. Schreibtechnik: geritzt. Die Lesbarkeit ist erschwert durch ältere, darunter liegende Inschriften (mindestens eine). (B): AE 1926; Bohn; Finke; CEL: L. Usse(o?) Orioni / |(centuria) Germani

People

Person 1
Name:
Frontoni
Cognomen:
Fronto
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Person 2
Name:
Vindicis
Cognomen:
Vindex
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD023932
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-11-06 by Osnabrügge
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