Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Eburacum – York (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069914 (Last Updates: 2018-03-09, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) I O M
Dis Deabusque DIS DEABVSQVE
Hospitalibus Pe- HOSPITALIBVS PE
natibusq(ue) ob con- NATIBVSQ OB CON
servatam salutem SERVATAM SALVTEM
suam suorumq(ue) SVAM SVORVMQ
P(ublius) Ael(ius) Marcian- P AEL MARCIAN
us praef(ectus) coh(ortis) VS PRAEF COH
aram sac(ravit) ANC de(dit) ARAM SAC ANC DE
Chronological Data:
131 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00237.
  • RIB 0649; Zeichnung.
  • S.R. Tufi, Yorkshire, CSIR Great Britain 1, 3 (Oxford 1983) 3-4, Nr. 6; Pl. 2, 6.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Eburacum
modern find spot:
York
find spot:
modern region:
North Yorkshire
year of find:
1638
present location:
Oxford, Ashmolean Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Kalkstein
height:
68 cm
width:
42 cm
depth:
33 cm
letter size:
4-3.8 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
P. Ael. Marcianus
Praenomen:
P.
Nomen:
Aelius*
Cognomen:
Marcianus
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order

General Data

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