Inscription Database

Building/dedicatory inscription from Londinium – London (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD012204 (Last Updates: 2017-02-07, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[I(ovi) O(ptimo)] M(aximo) [ ] M
[templum] vetus- [ ] VETVS
[t]ate conlabsum(!) [ ]ATE CONLABSVM
Aquilinus Aug(usti) AQVILINVS AVG
lib(ertus) et Mercator LIB ET MERCATOR
et Audax et Graec(us) ET AVDAX ET GRAEC
restituerunt RESTITVERVNT
Chronological Data:
43 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1976, 0362.
  • R.P. Wright - M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 7, 1976, 378, Nr. 1; pl. 35. - AE 1976.
  • RIB 3002; Foto u. Zeichnung.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Londinium
modern find spot:
London
find spot:
modern region:
London
year of find:
1975
present location:
London, Mus. of London

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
building/dedicatory inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Kalkstein
height:
(93) cm
width:
51 cm
depth:
34 cm
letter size:
5.6-4 cm

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

People

Person 1
Name:
Aquilinus
Cognomen:
Aquilinus
gender:
male
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen
Person 2
Name:
Mercator
Cognomen:
Mercator
gender:
male
Person 3
Name:
Audax
Cognomen:
Audax
gender:
male
Person 4
Name:
Graec.
Cognomen:
Graecus*
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD012204
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-02-07 by Cowey
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