Inscription Database
Votive inscription from Camboglanna – Castlesteads (Britannia)
Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD051022
(Last Updates: 2017-02-17, Cowey)
| Transcription | Majuscle |
| I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) | I O M |
| [c]oh(ors) I[I] Tung(rorum) [m]- | [ ]OH I[ ] TVNG [ ] |
| il(liaria) eq(uitata) c(ivium) l(iberorum?) cu[i pr]- | IL EQ C L CV[ ] |
| aees[t] Aure[lius] | AEES[ ] AVRE[ ] |
| Optatus p[raef(ectus)] | OPTATVS P[ ] |
| Tun(grorum) instan[te] | TVN INSTAN[ ] |
| Mes(sio) Opse[quente](!) | MES OPSE[ ] |
| princ[ipe] | PRINC[ ] |
Chronological Data:
171 AD – 300 AD
171 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
- CIL 07, 00880. (B)
- RIB 1982. (B)
- J. Spaul, Cohors². The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the imperial Roman army (Oxford 2000) 228-230.
- J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 22, Nr. 56; Pl. 16, 56.
Find circumstances / present location
province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Camboglanna
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Cumbria
year of find:
before 1607
present location:
verschollen
Type of inscription / language
type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin
Type of monument
type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
decoration:
present
Historical relevant data
religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present
geography:
present
Commentary
Auf der linken Nebenseite ein Blitzbündel. (B): CIL VII; RIB: kleinere Abweichungen in der Textwiedergabe.
People
Person 1
Name:
Aure[lius] Optatus
Nomen:
Aurelius+
Cognomen:
Optatus
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order
Person 2
Name:
Mes. Opse[quente](!)
Nomen:
Messius*
Cognomen:
Opsequens+ (= Obsequens+)
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
General Data
HD-Nr:
HD051022
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2017-02-17 by Cowey
See Also:
