Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Lavatrae – Bowes (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD027636 (Last Updates: 2020-02-25, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Deo Vin- DEO VIN
otono OTONO
L(ucius) Caesius L CAESIVS
Frontinus pr- FRONTINVS PR
aef(ectus) coh(ortis) I Thrac(um) AEF COH I THRAC
domo Parma DOMO PARMA
v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito) V S L L M
Chronological Data:
171 AD – 230 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1949, 0096a.
  • R.P. Wright, JRS 37, 1947, 179, Nr. 4; fig. 8. - AE 1949.
  • AE 1950, p. 20 s. n. 39.
  • RIB 0733; Zeichnung.
  • S.R. Tufi, Yorkshire, CSIR Great Britain 1, 3 (Oxford 1983) 17, Nr. 28; Pl. 8, 28.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Lavatrae
modern find spot:
Bowes
find spot:
modern region:
Durham
year of find:
1946
present location:
Barnard Castle, Bowes Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
165 cm
width:
75 cm
depth:
41 cm
letter size:
9.5-2.8 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Historical relevant data

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

People

Person 1
Name:
L. Caesius Frontinus domo Parma
Praenomen:
L.
Nomen:
Caesius
Cognomen:
Frontinus
Origo:
domo Parma
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD027636
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-02-25 by Cowey
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