Inscription Database

Building/dedicatory inscription from Luguvalium – Carlisle (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070184 (Last Updates: 2018-04-16, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Geni[o cent]uria[e] GENI[ ]VRIA[ ]
[|(centuria)] Bassi[li] Cresce[ntis] [ ] BASSI[ ] CRESCE[ ]
don[o d]onavit DON[ ]ONAVIT
Chronological Data:
71 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 7, p. 331 n. 1082. (B)
  • RIB 0944; Foto.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 155-156, Nr. 469; Pl. 107, 469.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Luguvalium
modern find spot:
Carlisle
find spot:
modern region:
Cumbria
year of find:
1878
present location:
Carlisle, Tullie House Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
building/dedicatory inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
sculpture
material:
Sandstein
height:
32 cm
width:
20 cm
depth:
8 cm
letter size:
5 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present

Commentary

 
(B): Abweichende Textgestaltung.

People

Person 1
Name:
Bassi[li] Cresce[ntis]
Nomen:
Bassilius+
Cognomen:
Crescens+
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070184
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2018-04-16 by Cowey
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