Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Capidava – Topalu (Moesia inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD012633 (Last Updates: 2014-04-14, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
Deo san[cto] aeterno DEO SAN[ ] AETERNO
[---] providentia cuius locus [ ] PROVIDENTIA CVIVS LOCVS
[---] et an[---]iorum Vale(n)s [ ] ET AN[ ]IORVM VALES
[---]MIN[---]s veteranus [ ]MIN[ ]S VETERANVS
[---]I(?) vixillati- [ ]I VIXILLATI
[onis! equitum sc]utarior- [ ]VTARIOR
[um ---]V[---] [ ]V[ ]
[---]M et ex vo[to] [ ]M ET EX VO[ ]
[--- p]ro sal(ute) suam(!) [ ]RO SAL SVAM
[---] filiorum suorum [ ] FILIORVM SVORVM
[---]R s[u]orum et pro solida [ ]R S[ ]ORVM ET PRO SOLIDA
[tutela? ---]R(?)iae popular(i)um gratias refert [ ]RIAE POPVLARVM GRATIAS REFERT
deo DEO
Chronological Data:
271 AD – 330 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1976, 0634. (B)
  • E. Popescu, Inscripţiile greceşti şi latine din secolele IV-XIII descoperite în România (Bucureşti 1976) 232-233, Nr. 221; Foto. (B) - AE 1976.
  • G. Florescu, Capidava. Monografie arheologica 1 (Bucureşti 1958) 119-122, Nr. 44; Foto. (B) - AE 1976.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Romania
ancient find spot:
Capidava
modern find spot:
Topalu
find spot:
modern region:
Constanța
present location:
Bucureşti, Muz. Mil. Naţ.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
height:
62 cm
width:
62 cm
depth:
8 cm
letter size:
5-3 cm

Palaeography

Palaeography:
chiselled (with remnants of paint)

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present

Commentary

 
Mehrere aneinanderpassende Fragmente; Reste von roter Farbe in den Buchstaben. (B): Florescu; Popescu; AE 1976: Leseabweichungen.

People

Person 1
Name:
Vales.
Cognomen:
Valens*
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD012633
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2014-04-14 by Gräf
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