Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Vercovicium – Housesteads (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070758 (Last Updates: 2018-04-13, Cowey)

Transcription	Majuscle
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo)	I O M
et deo Cocidio	ET DEO COCIDIO
Genioq(ue) hui(u)s	GENIOQ HVIS
loci mil(ites) leg(ionis)	LOCI MIL LEG
II Aug(ustae) agentes	II AVG AGENTES
in praesidio	IN PRAESIDIO
v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito)	V S L M

Chronological Data:
138 AD – 192 AD

Literature:

EphEp 9, p. 589 n. 1177.
RIB 1583; Zeichnung.
CIMRM 0866.
J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 16, Nr. 39; Pl. 10, 39.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:

Britannia

country:

United Kingdom

ancient find spot:

Vercovicium

modern find spot:

Housesteads

find spot:

Mithraeum

modern region:

Northumberland

year of find:

1898

present location:

Chesters, Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:

votive inscription

language:

Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:

altar

material:

Sandstein

height:

48 cm

width:

25 cm

depth:

19 cm

letter size:

3.2-1.5 cm

decoration:

present

Historical relevant data

religion:

names of pagan deities

military:

present

General Data

HD-Nr:

HD070758

Work Status:

checked with photo

Last Update:

2018-04-13 by Cowey

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