Inscription Database

Owner/artist inscription from Mogontiacum – Mainz (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD079255 (Last Updates: 2019-02-07, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
|(centuria) Volac(i)(?) A- | VOLAC A
ucti(?) VCTI
t(urma?) Ra(---)(?) Val(---) T RA VAL
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • P.T. Keßler, MZ 22, 1927, 31; Abb. 13 (Zeichnung). (B)

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Germany
ancient find spot:
Mogontiacum
modern find spot:
Mainz
find spot:
modern region:
Rheinland-Pfalz
year of find:
1926
present location:
Mainz, Landesmus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
owner/artist inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
instrumentum militare
material:
Bronze
width:
3 cm

Palaeography

Palaeography:
punched

Historical relevant data

military:
present

Commentary

 
Fundjahr: 1926/27. Nagel mit Scheibenkopf; die Inschrift befindet sich auf dem Scheibenkopf. Schreibtechnik: gepunzt. (B): Keßler: Z. 1/2: Vovac(i)(?) oder Vovag(i)(?) D/uct(i); Z. 3: T(iti) Ra(---).

People

Person 1
Name:
Volac. Aucti
Nomen:
Volacius*?
Cognomen:
Auctus?
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Person 2
Name:
Ra.(?) Val.
Nomen:
Ra(---)?
Cognomen:
Val(---)
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD079255
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-02-07 by Gräf
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