Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Zeugma (Seleucia), bei – Balkis, bei (Syria)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD001952 (Last Updates: 2011-11-30, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) Silvano I O M SILVANO
conservatori CONSERVATORI
Soli devino(!) SOLI DEVINO
legeoni[s](!) IIII Scy(thicae) signif(eri) LEGEONI[ ] IIII SCY SIGNIF
Iul(ius) Aretinus Iul(ius) Severu(s) IVL ARETINVS IVL SEVERV
Rabil(ius) Beliabus tubic(en) RABIL BELIABVS TVBIC
Dec(imius) Cilician(us) m(erito) l(ibentes) v(otum) solv(erunt) DEC CILICIAN M L V SOLV
Chronological Data:
71 AD – 250 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1984, 0898. (B)
  • M.P. Speidel, in: St. Mitchell (Hrsg.), Armies and Frontiers in Roman and Byzantine Anatolia (Oxford 1983) 9; Zeichnung. - AE 1984.
  • IGLS 01, 0068. (B)
  • AE 1908, 0025. (B)
  • F. Cumont, Études syriennes (Paris 1917) 325-326, Nr. 24; Zeichnung. (B)

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Turkey
ancient find spot:
Zeugma (Seleucia), bei
modern find spot:
Balkis, bei
find spot:
modern region:
Urfa
present location:
Arulis, Steinbruch

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
cliff

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present

Commentary

 
(B): IGLS, AE 1908, Cumont Z. 6/7: tubic(en) / de c(enturia) Ciliciani; AE 1984: Z. 6: tubicen; Z. 7: s(olverunt). Inschriftfeld hat Form einer tabula ansata, die in den Fels gemeißelt ist.

People

Person 1
Name:
Iul. Aretinus
Nomen:
Iulius*
Cognomen:
Aretinus
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Person 2
Name:
Iul. Severu.
Nomen:
Iulius*
Cognomen:
Severus*
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Person 3
Name:
Rabil. Beliabus
Nomen:
Rabilius*
Cognomen:
Beliabus
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Person 4
Name:
Dec. Cilician.
Nomen:
Decimius*
Cognomen:
Cilicianus*
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD001952
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2011-11-30 by Gräf
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