#EpigraphyTuesday

From the cemetery south of the River Usk

The #inscription records the gift of ground etc., probably for the use of a burial club. The donor was chief centurion, P (primus pilus), and the gift was made from his own resources. 'sine tralaticio ex arca publica'.

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INSCRIPTION ON STATUE BASE, 364 CE. ÆDES VESTÆ "Ob meritum castitatis, / pudicitiae adq(ue) in sacris / religionibusque / doctrinae mirabilis / C[[---]]e v(irgini) V(estali) max(imae). / Pontifices vv(iri) cc(larissimi) / promag(istro) Macrinio / Sossiano v(iro) c(larissimo) p(ontifice) m(aiore?)." This inscription has the somewhat shaky epigraphy of the late C4. It says "On account of her chastity, purity, and admirable knowledge in ritual and religion, to … chief Vestal Virgin. The members of the pontifical college, of clarissimus rank, under the acting leadership of Macrinius Sossianus, of clarissimus rank, higher priest, (set this up)." On the side the dedication date is given. This ancient order of priestesses, dating from before the foundation of Rome itself, had only 30 years left before the Christian emperor Theodosius ordered the sacred flame extinguished forever. The name of the Chief Vestal was probably erased because she converted to the new religion, a bitter betrayal.

Vestal, erased. Today's #EpigraphyTuesday takes us to the House of the #Vestals near the #Roman #Forum to find a late-antique #inscription from 364 CE that praises the virtues of the Chief Vestal, but her name has been carefully cut out. #AncientBluesky 🏺

A bronze plaque inscribed with a dedication to Feronia for #EpigraphyTuesday

Dating to the 2nd Century AD, this plaque was dedicated to her in fulfilment of a vow by Hedone, a Greek maid-servant of one Marcus Crassus.

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Ara con dedicatoria a Diana. Siglo II 🏛️ Museo Arqueológico de Córdoba 🇪🇦 España. 📷 A. M.

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Ara con dedicatoria a Diana.
Siglo II
🏛️ Museo Arqueológico de Córdoba 🇪🇦 España.
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1st century AD building stone inscribed with the name of the 20th Legion from Maryport Roman Fort in Cumbria. Part of the collections at Senhouse Roman Museum in Maryport. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #Maryport

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This altar (one on the left) was dedicated to Aesculapius at Arbeia (South Scields) at Hadrian's Wall by Publius Viboleius. His name Viboleius seems to be a variant of Vibuleius, attested in CIL ix 1324 (Aeclanum), CIL x 4153, 4410 (Capua) and CIL xiv 3013 (ILS 5667) Praeneste. #EpigraphyTuesday

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Monument votif (« autel d’Angera ») d’époque claudienne (41-54 ap. J.-C.) avec une scène de sacrifice. Il est exposé au musée archéologique de Milan.

FRESCO INSCRIPTION OF THE INSULA SERTORIANA, 100-150 CE. VATICAN MUSEUMS In 1819 this written inscription in red paint was found on the wall of an ancient building 6 Roman palmi under the street, near the church of S. Eligio de' Ferrari in the Velabro. It says "I want this estate, the Insula Sertoriana, to belong to my daughter Aur[elia] Cyriaca" and goes on to describe it: "6 apartments upstairs and ten shops downstairs, and space under the stairs. [May she enjoy it] happily". The word "cinacula" ("cenacula") refers to apartments of the artisan class. The rent from this building would have given Aurelia Cyriaca a comfortable income but not a huge one. The term "Sertoriana" probably refers to the first builder of the insula. This text is written in clear and formal "rustic" text, with lovely flourishes like the descending L and the rising Y and T.

#EpigraphyTuesday this week offers us a painted #inscription now in the #VaticanMuseums, a property document bequeathing an apartment building, the #Insula Sertoriana, to the writer's daughter, Aurelia Cyriaca, c. 100-150 CE. The text is written in beautiful rustic capitals. #AncientBluesky 🏺

#EpigraphyTuesday from the Great North Museum: Hancock!

Here we have an altar dedicated by Litorius Pacatianus to Mithras. The spelling of the God's name suggests the worshipper was a Greek speaker.

RIB 1599 - romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/1599

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Estela funeraria piedra. C. 180 d. C. Originalmente erigida en un cementerio y posteriormente reutilizada como bloque de construcción en el Lidenhof de Zúrich, Suiza. (Landesmuseum, Zúrich)

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Estela funeraria piedra. C. 180 d. C.
Originalmente erigida en un cementerio y posteriormente reutilizada como bloque de construcción en el Lidenhof de Zúrich, Suiza. (Landesmuseum, Zúrich)
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Source: RIG II 1, E-2. Musée Camillo Leone (Vercelli)

A bilingual inscription from the 2nd c. BC, written on a schist stone, discovered in 1960 in Piedmont. This boundary stone delimitated the land of Acisius "Argantomaterecus". One text in Latin with the Latin alphabet and the second in Gaulish with Gallo-Etruscan alphabet. #EpigraphyTuesday

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Building stone of the First Cohort of Dalmatians which was later reused as a step in the strongroom at Chesters Roman Fort In Northumberland. Now part of the archaeological collections at the fort. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #Chesters #RomanBritain #HadriansWall

STATUE DEDICATION TO THE DEIFIED VIBIA SABINA, 137 CE. FORUM OF JULIUS CÆSAR This badly damaged marble base has been pieced together from fragments and was probably smashed for burning in the lime kilns. The dark wet holes on the top were where Sabina's statue was attached. The inscription, reconstructed, says " DIVAE SABINAE A[VG(ustae)] SABRATHE[NSES] EX AFR[ICA]", "To the divine empress Sabina. The people of Sabratha (dedicate this) from Africa". Why would the Sabrathans do this? This is one of only two inscriptions in Rome that mention the deified Sabina, who was given this honour after her death in 136/137 and before Hadrian's death in 138. At dome point in the C2, Sabratha was given colonial status and perhaps this statue marked the occasion. Vibia Sabina had no temple anywhere in the empire, and her one altar, possibly in the area of the temples to her mother Matidia and her husband in the Campus Martius, has long disappeared.

For #EpigraphyTuesday we're in the #Forum of #Julius #Caesar to find a somewhat enigmatic #inscription from the late reign of #Hadrian, a statue dedication to the emperor's deified wife #Sabina by the citizens of #Sabratha, a town in North #Africa. #AncientBluesky 🏺

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Les antiques des musées du Vatican

I love this. It’s a standard piece of Romano-British black pottery, but what gives it character is the message urging the owner to drink up then refill his cup (this what the R may signify). One wonders about Sevicianus’ epic booze bouts…

🏛️Verulanium Museum
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#EpigraphyTuesday with this honorary inscription for Aurelia Prisca at Split Archaeological Museum

From Solin, made of limestone, and dated to the Tetrarchic period (AD 283-305).

AVRELIAE / PRISCAE / NOBILISSIMAE / FEMINAE

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Placa epigráfica. Villa romana de Noville, Mugardos, A Coruña 🇪🇦 España. Siglo III-IV 🏛️ Museo Arqueológico e Histórico (A Coruña)

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Placa epigráfica.
Villa romana de Noville, Mugardos, A Coruña 🇪🇦 España. Siglo III-IV
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Votive offering to Saturn in the shape of a pie! Part of the collections at the Baths of Diocletian in Rome. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #Rome

Hand of Irulegi transcribed

The Iberian scripts are the Paleohispanic scripts used to represent the extinct Iberian language. They are unusual as they are semi-syllabic, alphabetic. The oldest Iberian inscriptions date to the 4th or the 5th century BC, and the latest to the end of the 1st century BC. #EpigraphyTuesday

TOMBSTONE OF M. ULPIUS IANUARIUS, 130-150 CE. S. CATERINA DEI FUNARI This rather lovely tombstone was turned face-down and reused as a paver in the C16 church of S. Caterina dei Funari in Rome. The top part, trimmed off, shows the deceased on a kline, banqueting. His epitaph is purely military: "Marcus Ulpius Ianuarius, sesquiplicarius [an offer who received pay-and-a-half] of the Emperor's horse guard, from the squadron of Valerius Bassus, a Pannonian by birth, lived 45 years and served 23 years. Marcus Ulpius Primus, from the same squadron, his heir, took care to have this set up for his well-deserving friend". Ianuarius was from the turbulent province of Pannonia in the Balkans, and took the family name of Trajan, along with Primus, his heir. Based on the epitaphs we have of these guards, many came from the Balkans: skilled cavalrymen, they were not from old Roman settlements sponsored by members of the court, but owed loyalty only to the emperor.

The #tombstone of an imperial guard for #EpigraphyTuesday tells us quite a lot about the changing composition of the #Roman #empire in the C2 CE, and provides another splendid example of #Antonine #epigraphy. This slab was used as a paver for the church of S. Caterina dei Funari. #AncientBluesky 🏺

#EpigraphyTuesday with the Senatus Consultum de Bacchanalibus at Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Dating to the Republican period, it mentions the prohibition of the Bacchanalia, the cult acts for the god Dionysus / Bacchus.

It was discovered in Tiriolo in Calabira.

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Estela y arnés decorativo funerario del centurión Caius Voconnus Proculus. 🏛️ Museo Nacional de Arte romano de Mérida, Badajoz 🇪🇦 España. 📷 A. M.

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Estela y arnés decorativo funerario del centurión Caius Voconnus Proculus.
🏛️ Museo Nacional de Arte romano de Mérida, Badajoz 🇪🇦 España.
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#LibraryTuesday
#RaptorTuesday
#RedTuesday
#TerracottaTuesday
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