Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Birdoswald - Castlesteads, zwischen (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD071105 (Last Updates: 2020-02-17, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Deo DEO
Cocidio COCIDIO
milites MILITES
leg(ionis) XX V(aleriae) v(ictricis) LEG XX V V
v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito) V S L M
Apr(---) et Ruf(---) co(n)s(ulibus) APR ET RVF COS
Chronological Data:
262 AD – 266 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00802.
  • ILS 4722.
  • RIB 1956; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 57, Nr. 140; Pl. 38, 140.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
Birdoswald - Castlesteads, zwischen
find spot:
modern region:
Cumbria
year of find:
1808
present location:
Helmsley, Archaeological Store

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
69 cm
width:
28 cm
depth:
23 cm
letter size:
2.4-2.8 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Apr.
Cognomen:
Apr(---)
gender:
male
Status:
senatorial order
Person 2
Name:
Ruf.
Cognomen:
Ruf(---)
gender:
male
Status:
senatorial order

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD071105
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-02-17 by Cowey
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