Inscription Database

Building/dedicatory inscription from Falkirk (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD071341 (Last Updates: 2019-12-09, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Vexi[llatio] VEXI[ ]
leg(ionis) XXI[I] LEG XXI[ ]
Primig[en(iae)] PRIMIG[ ]
Chronological Data:
139 AD – 161 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00846.
  • CIL 07, 00846, add. p. 310.
  • RIB 2216; Zeichnungen.
  • L.J.F. Keppie - B.J. Arnold, Scotland, CSIR Great Britain 1, 4 (Oxford 1984) 29, Nr. 72; Pl. 22, 72.

    IIIF Manifest

    Find circumstances / present location

    province:
    country:
    United Kingdom
    ancient find spot:
    modern find spot:
    Falkirk
    find spot:
    modern region:
    Stirling and Falkirk
    year of find:
    before 1797
    present location:
    Melrose, Abbotsford House

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    building/dedicatory inscription
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    tabula
    material:
    Sandstein
    height:
    (61) cm
    width:
    (63) cm
    letter size:
    8 cm
    decoration:
    present

    Historical relevant data

    military:
    present

    General Data

    HD-Nr:
    HD071341
    Work Status:
    checked with photo
    Last Update:
    2019-12-09 by Cowey
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