Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Vindolanda – Chesterholm (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD021850 (Last Updates: 2017-08-22, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) I O M
[c]oh(ors) IIII G[al]l(orum) [ ]OH IIII G[ ]L
[c(ui)] p[r]ae(est) [Su]lpi- [ ] P[ ]AE [ ]LPI
cius CIVS
Puden- PVDEN
[s] praefect(us) [ ] PRAEFECT
[a]ram [p]osuit [ ]RAM [ ]OSVIT
v(otum) [l(ibens)] m(erito) s(olvit) V [ ] M S
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1950, 0131. (B)
  • I.A. Richmond - R.P. Wright, JRS 39, 1949, 112-114, Nr. 3. - AE 1950.
  • AE 1952, 0087. (B)
  • R.P. Wright, JRS 41, 1951, 141, Nr. 5. - AE 1953.
  • RIB 1688; Zeichnung.
  • AE 2010, 0788.
  • R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 41, 2010, 467, (a). - AE 2010.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 18, Nr. 44; Pl. 12, 44.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Vindolanda
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
before 1885
present location:
Langley on Tyne, Staward Hall

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
97 cm
width:
41 cm
depth:
45 cm
letter size:
4.8-5.6 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present
geography:
present

Commentary

 
(B): Zu den Leseabweichungen s. RIB 1688.

People

Person 1
Name:
[Su]lpicius Puden[s]
Nomen:
Sulpicius+
Cognomen:
Pudens+
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD021850
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-08-22 by Cowey
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