Inscription Database

Owner/artist inscription from Metchley (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069307 (Last Updates: 2019-12-13, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[---]isionis [ ]ISIONIS
Chronological Data:
45 AD – 65 AD
Literature:
  • AE 2011, 0635.
  • K. Hartley, in: A. Jones (Hrsg.) Roman Birmingham 3. Excavations at Metchley Roman Fort, 1999 - 2001 and 2004 - 2005 ; Western settlement, the livestock complex and the western defences.
  • (Oxford 2011) 32-33. - AE 2011.
  • R.S.O. Tomlin, in: A. Jones (Hrsg.) Roman Birmingham 3. Excavations at Metchley Roman Fort, 1999 - 2001 and 2004 - 2005 ; Western settlement, the livestock complex and the western defences.
  • (Oxford 2011) 33-34; fig. 2,13 (Zeichnung). - AE 2011.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
Metchley
find spot:
modern region:
Warwickshire

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
owner/artist inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
instrumentum domesticum
material:
Ton
width:
27 cm

Palaeography

Palaeography:
scratched / graffito

Commentary

 
Vor dem Brand eingeritztes Graffito.

People

Person 1
Name:
[---]isionis
Cognomen:
Ision (?)
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD069307
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-12-13 by Cowey
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