Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Ampelum – Zlatna (Dacia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD045753 (Last Updates: 2012-09-11, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) I O M
C(aius) Sem{p}pronius C SEMPPRONIVS
Urbanus VRBANVS
proc(urator) Aug(usti) PROC AVG
Chronological Data:
182 AD – 185 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1996, 0873.
  • S. Dardaine, Ktema 21, 1996, 295-304. - AE 1996.
  • H.-G. Pflaum, Les carrières procuratoriennes équestres sous le Haut-Empire romain (Paris 1960/61) 542-543, Nr. 200, 5.
  • IDR 3, 3, 316; fig. 236.
  • CIL 03, 01298.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Romania
ancient find spot:
Ampelum
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Alba
year of find:
before 1600
present location:
Wien, Nationalbibl.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Gesteine
height:
72 cm
width:
57 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

Commentary

 
Altar teilweise modern ergänzt. Hedera in Z. 4. Z. 2: an M noch schwach der Bogen eines ligierten P erkennbar; möglicherweise aus Platzgründen zunächst MP-Ligatur geplant und dann wieder verworfen. Datierung: C. Sempronius Urbanus war bald nach 181 n. Chr. Finanzprokurator von Dakien.

People

Person 1
Name:
C. Sem{p}pronius Urbanus
Praenomen:
C.
Nomen:
Sempronius
Cognomen:
Urbanus
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order
External IDs:

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD045753
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2012-09-11 by Gräf
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