Inscription Database

Honorific inscription? from Cilurnum – Chesters (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070651 (Last Updates: 2018-04-16, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[S]alvis Aug(ustis) [ ]ALVIS AVG
[f]elix ala II Astur(um) [ ]ELIX ALA II ASTVR
[[Antoniniana]] [[ANTONINIANA]]
 
Virtus VIRTVS
Aug(ustorum) AVG
Chronological Data:
221 AD – 222 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 3, p. 133 n. 100.
  • RIB 1466; Zeichnung.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 140, Nr. 400; Pl. 96, 400.

    IIIF Manifest

    Find circumstances / present location

    province:
    country:
    United Kingdom
    ancient find spot:
    Cilurnum
    modern find spot:
    Chesters
    find spot:
    modern region:
    Northumberland
    year of find:
    1875
    present location:
    Chesters, Mus.

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    honorific inscription?
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    relief
    material:
    Sandstein
    height:
    (45) cm
    width:
    (71) cm
    depth:
    12 cm
    letter size:
    5.7-2.8 cm
    decoration:
    present

    Palaeography

    punctuation:
    hederae

    Historical relevant data

    military:
    present

    General Data

    HD-Nr:
    HD070651
    Work Status:
    checked with photo
    Last Update:
    2018-04-16 by Cowey
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