Honorary inscription for Titus Aurelius Flavinus from Oescus

Monument ILBulg_18

<< Previous
Statue base in honor of Insteios Alexandros with funerary elegy from Stuberra

Next>>
Grave monument of Publius Aelius Posidonianus from Scupi

Editor

Václav Dobruský, Boris Gerov

Type of monument

altar

Material

limestone

Findspot

Found at the ruins near the village of Gigen during the excavations of V. Dobruský in 1896

Observed in

Origin

Oescus

Dimensions

height 132 cm., width 64 cm., length 64 cm.

Institution and inventory

National Archaeological Institute with Museum - BAS
No 1922

Hand description

Letter size

height 4-4.5 cm.

Layout description

The right lower side of the altar is broken.

Inscription field

height cm., width cm.

Decoration

Audio

Text

Category of inscription

honorary inscription for local magistrate - prose

Date

Not long after 217 AD

Dating criteria

textual-context

Images

N. Sharankov, 2022

copy_r_1 copy_r_2

txt

Рrose la
T(ito) Aurelio T(iti) fil(io) Papir(ia)
Flavino primipilari
et principi ordinis col(oniae)
Oesc(ensium) et buleutae civitatiu[m]
5Tyranorum, Dionysiopol(itanorum),
Marcianopol(itanorum), Tungroru[m],
et Aquincensium, patron[o]
collegi(i) fabr(um), honorat(o)
a divo Magno Antonino
10Aug(usto) (sestertia) L milia n(ummum) et XXV
gradum promotionis
[ob] alacritatem virtu[tis]
[adv]ersus hostes Ca[rpos]
[e]t res prospere Ty[rae ges]-
15tas, Cl(audius) Nicom[edes]
buleuta civitatis [Tyra]-
norum amico dign[issimo].
L(ocus) d(atus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)

TAVRELIOTFILPAPIR
FLAVINOPRIMIPILARI
ETPRINCIPIORDINISCOL
OESCETBVLEVTAECIVITATIV[.]
5TYRANORVMDIONYSIOPOL
MARCIANOPOLTVNGRORV[.]
ETAQVINCENSIVMPATRON[.]
COLLEGIFABRHONORAT
ADIVOMAGNOANTONINO
10AVGVSTOHSLMILIANETXXV
GRADVMPROMOTIONIS
[..]ALACRITATEMVIRTV[...]
[...]ERSVSHOSTESCA[....]
[.]TRESPROSPERETY[... ...]
15TASCLNICOM[....]
BVLEVTACIVITATIS[....]
NORVMAMICODIGN[......]
LDDD

txt

To Titus Aurelius Flavinus, son of Titus, of the tribe Papiria, primipilaris [= chief centurion] and leader of the city councillors of the colony of Oescus, councillor of the cities of Tyra, Dionysopolis, Marcianopolis, Tungri, and Aquincum, patron of the guild of craftsmen, honoured by the deified Antoninus Augustus the Great [= Caracalla] with 50,000 sesterces and 25,000 sesterces and military promotion for his dashing bravery against the enemy forces of the Carpi and the deeds successfully accomplished at Tyra. Claudius Nicomedes, councillor of the city of Tyra, (erected this statue) for his most deserving friend. The site (for the statue) was granted by a decree of the city councillors.

Tito Aurelio Titi filio Papiria Flavino primipilari et principi ordinis coloniae Oescensium et buleutae civitatium Tyranorum, Dionysiopolitanorum, Marcianopolitanorum, Tungrorum, et Aquincensium, patrono collegii fabrum, honorato a divo Magno Antonino Aug(usto) HSsestertia L milia nummum et XXV gradum promotionis ob alacritatem virtutis adversus hostes Carpos et res prospere Tyrae ges tas, Claudius Nicomedes buleuta civitatis Tyra norum amico dignissimo. Locus datus decreto decurionum

tag: ab

⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

Tito Aurelio Titi filio Papiria Flavino

type: official
nymRef: Titus Aurelius Flavinus Titi filius Papiria
tag: persName

Tito

nymRef: Titus
tag: name

Aurelio

nymRef: Aurelius
tag: name

Titi

nymRef: Titus
tag: name

filio

lemma: filius
tag: w

Papiria

nymRef: Papiria
tag: name

⤦ n: 2

tag: lb

Flavino

nymRef: Flavinus
tag: name

primipilari

lemma: primipilaris
tag: w

⤦ n: 3

tag: lb

tag: w

principi

lemma: princeps
tag: w

ordinis

lemma: ordo
tag: w

coloniae

lemma: colonia
tag: w

⤦ n: 4

tag: lb

Oescensium

type: ethnic
tag: placeName

tag: w

buleutae

lemma: buleuta
tag: w

civitatium

lemma: civitas
tag: w

civitatiu

tag: #text

reason: lost
tag: supplied

⤦ n: 5

tag: lb

Tyranorum

type: ethnic
tag: placeName

tag: #text

Dionysiopolitanorum

type: ethnic
tag: placeName

tag: #text

⤦ n: 6

tag: lb

Marcianopolitanorum

type: ethnic
tag: placeName

tag: #text

Tungrorum

type: ethnic
tag: placeName

Tungroru

tag: #text

reason: lost
tag: supplied

tag: #text

⤦ n: 7

tag: lb

tag: w

Aquincensium

type: ethnic
tag: placeName

tag: #text

patrono

lemma: patronus
tag: w

patron

tag: #text

reason: lost
tag: supplied

⤦ n: 8

tag: lb

collegii

lemma: collegium
tag: w

fabrum

lemma: faber
tag: w

tag: #text

honorato

lemma: honoro
tag: w

⤦ n: 9

tag: lb

tag: w

divo

lemma: divus
tag: w

Magno

lemma: magnus
tag: w

Antonino Aug(usto)

type: emperor
tag: persName

Antonino

tag: #text

⤦ n: 10

tag: lb

Aug(usto)

tag: #text

HSsestertia

lemma: sestertium
tag: w

L milia

value: 50000
tag: num

tag: #text

milia

lemma: milia
tag: w

nummum

lemma: nummus
tag: w

tag: w

XXV

value: 25
tag: num

⤦ n: 11

tag: lb

gradum

lemma: gradus
tag: w

promotionis

lemma: promotio
tag: w

⤦ n: 12

tag: lb

tag: w

alacritatem

lemma: alacritas
tag: w

virtutis

lemma: virtus
tag: w

virtu

tag: #text

tis

reason: lost
tag: supplied

⤦ n: 13

tag: lb

adversus

lemma: adversus
tag: w

adv

reason: lost
tag: supplied

ersus

tag: #text

hostes

lemma: hostis
tag: w

Carpos

type: ethnic
tag: placeName

tag: #text

rpos

reason: lost
tag: supplied

⤦ n: 14

tag: lb

tag: w

reason: lost
tag: supplied

tag: #text

res

lemma: res
tag: w

prospere

lemma: prospere
tag: w

Tyrae

tag: placeName

tag: #text

rae

reason: lost
tag: supplied

ges tas

lemma: gero
tag: w

ges

reason: lost
tag: supplied

⤦ n: 15

break: no
tag: lb

tas

tag: #text

Claudius Nicomedes

type: official
nymRef: Claudius Nicomedes
tag: persName

Claudius

nymRef: Claudius
tag: name

Nicomedes

nymRef: Nicomedes
tag: name

Nicom

tag: #text

edes

reason: lost
tag: supplied

⤦ n: 16

tag: lb

buleuta

lemma: buleuta
tag: w

civitatis

lemma: civitas
tag: w

Tyra norum

type: ethnic
tag: placeName

Tyra

reason: lost
tag: supplied

⤦ n: 17

break: no
tag: lb

norum

tag: #text

amico

lemma: amicus
tag: w

dignissimo

lemma: dignus
tag: w

dign

tag: #text

issimo

reason: lost
tag: supplied

tag: #text

⤦ n: 18

tag: lb

Locus

lemma: locus
tag: w

datus

lemma: do
tag: w

decreto

lemma: decretum
tag: w

decurionum

lemma: decurio
tag: w

 
<div type="edition" xml:space="preserve" xml:lang="la">
                <ab>
                    <lb n="1"/><persName type="official" ref="official.xml#TitusAureliusFlavinus" nymRef="Titus Aurelius Flavinus Titi filius Papiria"><name nymRef="Titus" ref="Onom.xml#Titus"><expan><abbr>T</abbr><ex>ito</ex></expan></name> <name ref="Onom.xml#Aurelius" nymRef="Aurelius">Aurelio</name> <name nymRef="Titus" ref="Onom.xml#Titus"><expan><abbr>T</abbr><ex>iti</ex></expan></name> <w lemma="filius"><expan><abbr>fil</abbr><ex>io</ex></expan></w> <name nymRef="Papiria" ref="Onom.xml#Papiria"><expan><abbr>Papir</abbr><ex>ia</ex></expan></name>
                    <lb n="2"/><name ref="Onom.xml#Flavinus" nymRef="Flavinus">Flavino</name></persName> <w lemma="primipilaris">primipilari</w> 
                    <lb n="3"/><w>et</w> <w lemma="princeps">principi</w> <w lemma="ordo">ordinis</w> <w lemma="colonia"><expan><abbr>col</abbr><ex>oniae</ex></expan></w>  
                    <lb n="4"/><placeName type="ethnic"><expan><abbr>Oesc</abbr><ex>ensium</ex></expan></placeName> <w>et</w> <w lemma="buleuta">buleutae</w> <w lemma="civitas">civitatiu<supplied reason="lost">m</supplied></w>
                    <lb n="5"/><placeName type="ethnic">Tyranorum</placeName>, <placeName type="ethnic"><expan><abbr>Dionysiopol</abbr><ex>itanorum</ex></expan></placeName>, 
                    <lb n="6"/><placeName type="ethnic"><expan><abbr>Marcianopol</abbr><ex>itanorum</ex></expan></placeName>, <placeName type="ethnic">Tungroru<supplied reason="lost">m</supplied></placeName>, 
                    <lb n="7"/><w>et</w> <placeName type="ethnic">Aquincensium</placeName>, <w lemma="patronus">patron<supplied reason="lost">o</supplied></w>
                    <lb n="8"/><w lemma="collegium"><expan><abbr>collegi</abbr><ex>i</ex></expan></w> <w lemma="faber"><expan><abbr>fabr</abbr><ex>um</ex></expan></w>, <w lemma="honoro"><expan><abbr>honorat</abbr><ex>o</ex></expan></w> 
                    <lb n="9"/><w>a</w> <w lemma="divus">divo</w> <w lemma="magnus">Magno</w> <persName type="emperor" ref="emperor.xml#Caracalla">Antonino
                    <lb n="10"/>Aug(usto)</persName> <w lemma="sestertium"><expan><am>HS</am><ex>sestertia</ex></expan></w> <num value="50000">L <w lemma="milia">milia</w></num> <w lemma="nummus"><expan><abbr>n</abbr><ex>ummum</ex></expan></w> <w>et</w> <num value="25">XXV</num> 
                    <lb n="11"/><w lemma="gradus">gradum</w> <w lemma="promotio">promotionis</w>
                    <lb n="12"/><w><supplied reason="lost">ob</supplied></w> <w lemma="alacritas">alacritatem</w> <w lemma="virtus">virtu<supplied reason="lost">tis</supplied></w>  
                    <lb n="13"/><w lemma="adversus"><supplied reason="lost">adv</supplied>ersus</w> <w lemma="hostis">hostes</w> <placeName type="ethnic">Ca<supplied reason="lost">rpos</supplied></placeName> 
                    <lb n="14"/><w><supplied reason="lost">e</supplied>t</w> <w lemma="res">res</w> <w lemma="prospere">prospere</w> <placeName ref="listPlaces.xml#Tyras">Ty<supplied reason="lost">rae</supplied></placeName> <w lemma="gero"><supplied reason="lost">ges</supplied>
                    <lb n="15" break="no"/>tas</w>, <persName ref="official.xml#ClaudiusNicomedes" type="official" nymRef="Claudius Nicomedes"><name nymRef="Claudius" ref="Onom.xml#Claudius"><expan><abbr>Cl</abbr><ex>audius</ex></expan></name> <name ref="Onom.xml#Nicomedes" nymRef="Nicomedes">Nicom<supplied reason="lost">edes</supplied></name></persName>
                    <lb n="16"/><w lemma="buleuta">buleuta</w> <w lemma="civitas">civitatis</w> <placeName type="ethnic"><supplied reason="lost">Tyra</supplied>
                    <lb n="17" break="no"/>norum</placeName> <w lemma="amicus">amico</w> <w lemma="dignus">dign<supplied reason="lost">issimo</supplied></w>. 
                    <lb n="18"/><w lemma="locus"><expan><abbr>L</abbr><ex>ocus</ex></expan></w> <w lemma="do"><expan><abbr>d</abbr><ex>atus</ex></expan></w> <w lemma="decretum"><expan><abbr>d</abbr><ex>ecreto</ex></expan></w> <w lemma="decurio"><expan><abbr>d</abbr><ex>ecurionum</ex></expan></w>
                </ab>
            </div>

Apparatus

Letters in ligature:

1 ) PI;

4 ) TI.

Readings

2 ) civitatis Dobruský, civitatu[m] Domaszewski;

5 ) Dionysopol(itanorum) Dobruský;

13 ) C[arpos] Dobruský, Ca[rpos] Domaszewski, Ce[nnos] Tudor, Ge[tas] Boteva.

Commentary

Bibliography

Вацлав Добруски, Материали по археологията на България. - Сборник за народни умотворения, наука и книжнина, 16-17, 1900, p. 123-125, № 36.

Boris Gerov, Inscriptiones Latinae in Bulgaria repertae (Латинските надписи, намерени в България). Sofia, 1989, p. 18-19, № 18, tab. V.

HD028396.

resources

current_version: 1 / 24.12.2025

<< Previous
Statue base in honor of Insteios Alexandros with funerary elegy from Stuberra

Next>>
Grave monument of Publius Aelius Posidonianus from Scupi