Inscription Database

Identification inscription from Aelia Capitolina? – Jerusalem? (Iudaea)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD002376 (Last Updates: 2004-09-30, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
L(e)g(io) X LG X
 
fr(etensis) fel(ix) FR FEL
Chronological Data:
51 AD – 220 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1985, 0831.
  • Y. Meshorer, IsrMusJ 3, 1984, 41-43; fig. 1-2 u. fig. 3-5 (Zeichnungen). - AE 1985.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Isreal
ancient find spot:
Aelia Capitolina?
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
present location:
Mus. Israel, Jerusalem

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
identification inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
instrumentum militare
height:
8 cm
width:
8 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present

Commentary

 
Phalera. Stammt aus Kunsthandel (in Bethlehem). Y: Unklar, wann die Legion den Beinamen felix erhielt. Meshorer denkt an die Severerzeit, vielleicht auch infolge des Bar-Kokhba-Aufstandes.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD002376
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2004-09-30 by Gräf
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