Inscription Database

Building/dedicatory inscription from Castra Exploratorum – Netherby (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070219 (Last Updates: 2018-04-16, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[I]nvidio- [ ]NVIDIO
[s]is mentula [ ]IS MENTVLA
Chronological Data:
122 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 3, p. 137 n. 111.
  • RIB 0983; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 151, Nr. 465; Pl. 106, 465.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Castra Exploratorum
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Cumbria
year of find:
before 1875
present location:
Carlisle, Tullie House Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
building/dedicatory inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
block
material:
Sandstein
height:
20 cm
width:
(80) cm
depth:
17 cm
letter size:
5.6 cm

Commentary

 
Tabula ansata (gebrochen).

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070219
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2018-04-16 by Cowey
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