Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Blatobulgium – Birrens (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD022712 (Last Updates: 2020-03-03, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Discip(linae) DISCIP
Aug(ustae) AVG
coh(ors) II COH II
Tungr(orum) TVNGR
mil(iaria) eq(uitata) c(ivium) L(atinorum) MIL EQ C L
Chronological Data:
158 AD – 161 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1897, 0060.
  • RIB 2092; Zeichnung.
  • L.J.F. Keppie - B.J. Arnold, Scotland CSIR Great Britain 1, 4 (Oxford 1984) 3-4, Nr. 2; Pl. 1, 2.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Blatobulgium
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Dumfries
year of find:
1895
present location:
Edinburgh, Nat. Mus. of Scotland

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
98 cm
width:
57 cm
depth:
46 cm
letter size:
9-8 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

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

General Data

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