Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Vercovicium – Housesteads (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070776 (Last Updates: 2016-10-17, Cowey)

Transcription	Majuscle
D(eo) Soli	D SOLI
Herion	HERION
v(otum) l(ibens) m(erito)	V L M

Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD

Literature:

CIL 07, 00647.
RIB 1601; Zeichnungen.
CIMRM 0859.
J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 52, Nr. 130; Pl. 35, 130.

Find circumstances / present location

province:

Britannia

country:

United Kingdom

ancient find spot:

Vercovicium

modern find spot:

Housesteads

find spot:

Mithraeum

modern region:

Northumberland

year of find:

1822

present location:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Great North Museum, Hancock

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:

votive inscription

language:

Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:

altar

material:

Sandstein

height:

53 cm

width:

25 cm

depth:

24 cm

letter size:

4.1-4.5 cm

decoration:

present

Historical relevant data

religion:

names of pagan deities

People

Person 1

Name:

Herion

Cognomen:

Herion

gender:

male

General Data

HD-Nr:

HD070776

Work Status:

checked with photo

Last Update:

2016-10-17 by Cowey

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