Inscription Database

Building/dedicatory inscription from Blatobulgium – Birrens (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD053331 (Last Updates: 2016-03-18, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
------ v(exillatio?) leg(ionis)] VIII Aug(ustae) ] VIII AVG
[et? leg(ionis)] XXII Pri(migeniae) [ ] XXII PRI
f(ecit?) F
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1992, 1148.
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 23, 1992, 318, Nr. 20; pl. 22. - AE 1992.
  • RIB 3486; Foto u. Zeichnung.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Blatobulgium
modern find spot:
Birrens
find spot:
modern region:
Dumfries
year of find:
1991
present location:
Edinburgh, Nat. Mus. of Scotland

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
building/dedicatory inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Sandstein
height:
(44) cm
width:
(31) cm
depth:
18 cm
letter size:
7.5-2.3 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present

Commentary

 
v(exillatio?) oder v(exillationes?) und f(ecit?) oder f(ecerunt?).

General Data

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