Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Birdoswald - Castlesteads, zwischen (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD071110 (Last Updates: 2017-02-06, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Deo DEO
Cocid[io] COCID[ ]
vexil[(l)atio] VEXIL[ ]
leg(ionis) VI V[ic(tricis)] LEG VI V[ ]
[v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)] [ ]
Chronological Data:
139 AD – 160 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00801.
  • RIB 1961; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 57-58, Nr. 141; Pl. 38, 141.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Cumbria
year of find:
before 1808
present location:
Castletown, Rockcliffe

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
105 cm
width:
35 cm
depth:
30 cm
letter size:
4.5-4 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD071110
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-02-06 by Cowey
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