Inscription Database

Letter from Vindonissa – Windisch (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD022972 (Last Updates: 2020-09-08, Osnabrügge)

Transcription Majuscle
D(abis) Frontino |(centuria) D FRONTINO |
C(ai) [---] C [ ]
Chronological Data:
30 AD – 101 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1946, 0262.
  • CEL 032.
  • CEL 032 add. p. 65.
  • R. Laur-Belart, Pro Vindonissa 1942-43, 34, Nr. 1; Abb. 20 (Zeichnung). - AE 1946.
  • M.A. Speidel, Die römischen Schreibtafeln von Vindonissa (Brugg 1996) 130-131, Nr. 17; Foto u. Zeichnung. (B)

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Switzerland
ancient find spot:
Vindonissa
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Kanton Aargau
year of find:
1942
present location:
Brugg, Vindonissa-Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
letter
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Holz
height:
(5) cm
width:
14 cm

Palaeography

Palaeography:
scratched / graffito

Commentary

 
Obere Hälfte der Aussentafel eines Briefes. Schreibtechnik: geritzt. Kursive Schrift. (B): Speidel: Z. 1: D(ecimo)

People

Person 1
Name:
D. Frontino
Praenomen:
D.
Nomen:
Frontinus
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Person 2
Name:
C. [---]
Praenomen:
C.
Nomen:
[---]
Cognomen:
[---]
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD022972
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-09-08 by Osnabrügge
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