Inscription Database

Inscription from Burrium – Usk (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD012237 (Last Updates: 2020-03-02, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[Pe]lu<e>is contub(e)rnio Messoris [ ]LVIS CONTVBRNIO MESSORIS
Chronological Data:
51 AD – 100 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1976, 0370. (B)
  • R.P. Wright - M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 7, 1976, 391-392, Nr. 66; - AE 1976. (B)
  • RIB 2496, 3.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Burrium
modern find spot:
Usk
find spot:
modern region:
Gwent
year of find:
1973
present location:
Cardiff, Nat. Mus. of Wales

Type of inscription / language

language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
instrumentum domesticum
material:
Sandstein

Palaeography

Palaeography:
scratched / graffito

Commentary

 
Vor dem Brand eingeritztes Graffito. (B): [Pe]ueis statt [Pe]vis.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD012237
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2020-03-02 by Cowey
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