Inscription Database

Owner/artist inscription from Eski Hisar (Mesopotamia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD001988 (Last Updates: 2004-09-23, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
Leg(ionis) IIII Scyt(hicae) LEG IIII SCYT
Chronological Data:
193 AD – 211 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1984, 0917.
  • J. Wagner, in: S. Mitchell (Hrsg.), Armies and frontiers in Roman and Byzantine Anatolia (Oxford 1983) 112, pl. 8, 2a. - AE 1984.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Turkey
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Urfa
year of find:
before 1980

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
owner/artist inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tile
material:
Ton
height:
16 cm
width:
(20) cm
depth:
5 cm
letter size:
3-3.2 cm

Palaeography

Palaeography:
stamped

Historical relevant data

military:
present

Commentary

 
Inschrift gestempelt.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD001988
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2004-09-23 by Gräf
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