Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Narona – Metković (Dalmatia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD034169 (Last Updates: 2011-09-20, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
P(ublius) Mesc(enius) P MESC
Past[or] PAST[ ]
P(ublius) Me[sc(enius)] P ME[ ]
Poth[i]- POTH[ ]
ni[anus?] NI[ ]
IIII[II(viri)] IIII[ ]
m(agistri) M(ercuriales) o[b] M M O[ ]
hon(orem) HON
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • ILJug 1880.
  • C. Patsch, Zur Geschichte und Topographie von Narona (Wien 1907) 87-89, Nr. 2; Fig. 46 (Zeichnung).
  • CIL 03, 08440.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Croatia
ancient find spot:
Narona
modern find spot:
Metković
find spot:
modern region:
Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija
present location:
Metković, Vid, Privatbesitz

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
statue base
material:
Kalkstein
height:
89 cm
width:
38 cm
depth:
25 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities; cult functions, pagan
social / economic / legal history:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
P. Mesc. Past[or]
Praenomen:
P.
Nomen:
Mescenius*
Cognomen:
Pastor+
gender:
male
Status:
Augustales
Person 2
Name:
P. Me[sc.] Poth[i]ni[anus?]
Praenomen:
P.
Nomen:
Mescenius+*
Cognomen:
Pothinianus+?
gender:
male
Status:
Augustales

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD034169
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2011-09-20 by Gräf
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