Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Luguvalium – Carlisle (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD022209 (Last Updates: 2020-02-17, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(eo) M(ercurio) D M
C(aius) I(---) S(---) C I S
Chronological Data:
71 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1938, 0114.
  • R.G. Collingwood, JRS 27, 1937, 247, Nr. 4. - AE 1938.
  • RIB 0952; Zeichnung.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 159-160, Nr. 481; Pl. 108, 481.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Luguvalium
modern find spot:
Carlisle
find spot:
modern region:
Cumbria
year of find:
1936
present location:
Carlisle, Tullie House Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
slab
material:
Sandstein
height:
50 cm
width:
30 cm
letter size:
3-3.3 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

Commentary

 
Die Inschrift besteht aus 4 Fragmente, wovon 2 aneinanderpassen, um die obere linke Ecke des Monuments entstehen zu lassen und die restlichen 2 aneinanderpassen , um die untere Hälfte zu bilden. Die Gesamthöhe des Monuments war etwa 0.91 meter.

People

Person 1
Name:
C. I. S.
Praenomen:
C.
Nomen:
I(---)
Cognomen:
S(---)
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD022209
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-02-17 by Cowey
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