Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Poetovio – Ptuj (Pannonia superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD068814 (Last Updates: 2017-03-03, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
S(oli) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) S I M
Sex(tus) Vib(ius) Hermes Aug(ustalis) SEX VIB HERMES AVG
c(oloniae) U(lpiae) T(raianae) P(oetovienensis) sign(um) argent(eum) C V T P SIGN ARGENT
cum base sua d(onum) d(edit) CVM BASE SVA D D
cum suis patre CVM SVIS PATRE
pros(edente) L(ucio) Vernasio PROS L VERNASIO
Heraclida HERACLIDA
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • AIJ 312; Foto.
  • CIMRM 1597.
  • CIMRM 1598.
  • P. Selem, Les religions orientales dans la Pannonie romaine. Partie en Yougoslavie (Leiden 1980) 126-127, Nr. 85; pl. 23, 2, 85.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Slovenia
ancient find spot:
Poetovio
modern find spot:
Ptuj
find spot:
modern region:
Podravska statistična regija
year of find:
1913
present location:
Ptuj, Zgornji Breg, Mithraeum III

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Marmor
height:
91 cm
width:
44 cm
depth:
11 cm
letter size:
4-2 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

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

Commentary

 
Oberhalb des Inschriftfeldes und von zwei Pilastern flankiert eine quadratische Einlassung mit fünf Dübellöchern wohl zur Einlassung eines Silberreliefs. In den Dübellöchern noch Bleireste.

People

Person 1
Name:
Sex. Vibius Hermes
Praenomen:
Sex.
Nomen:
Vibius
Cognomen:
Hermes
gender:
male
Status:
Augustales
External IDs:
Person 2
Name:
L. Vernasio Heraclida
Praenomen:
L.
Nomen:
Vernasius
Cognomen:
Heraclida
gender:
male
External IDs:

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD068814
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-03-03 by Gräf
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