Votive Inscription on a Rock Below the Fortress of Ram (Lederata)

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Editor

Miroslava Mirković

Type of monument

rock

Material

unknown

Findspot

Ram

Observed in

Origin

Lederata

Dimensions

Institution and inventory

Fortress Ram
No -

Hand description

Letter size

height 8-10 cm.

Layout description

Inscription field

height 109 cm., width 60 cm.

Decoration

Tabula ansata engraved within a simple frame

Audio

Text

Category of inscription

public dedication - prose

Date

II–III c. AD

Dating criteria

lettering

Images

photo by Dušan Nikolić. Courtesy of Ram Fortress

copy_r_1 copy_r_2

txt

Рrose grc
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo)
vexil(latio) leg(ionis) VII Cl(audiae)
[sub] cura
C(aii) Licin[i] Rufini centurionis

IOM
VEXILLEGVIICL
[...]CVRA
CLICIN[.]RVFINICENTVRIONIS

txt

To Jupiter Best and Greatest. The vexillation of the Seventh Claudian Legion, under the supervision of Gaius Licinius Rufinus, centurion.

Iovi Optimo Maximo vexillatio legionis VII Claudiae sub cura Caii Licini Rufini centurionis

tag: ab

⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

Iovi Optimo Maximo

type: divine
tag: persName

Iovi

tag: expan

tag: abbr

ovi

tag: ex

Optimo

tag: expan

tag: abbr

ptimo

tag: ex

Maximo

tag: expan

tag: abbr

aximo

tag: ex

⤦ n: 2

tag: lb

vexillatio

lemma: vexillatio
tag: w

legionis VII Claudiae

tag: orgName

legionis

lemma: legio
tag: w

VII

value: 7
tag: num

Claudiae

tag: expan

tag: abbr

audiae

tag: ex

⤦ n: 3

tag: lb

sub

reason: lost
tag: supplied

cura

lemma: cura
tag: w

⤦ n: 4

tag: lb

Caii Licini Rufini

type: official
nymRef: Caius Licinius Rufinus
tag: persName

Caii

nymRef: Gaius
tag: name

Licini

nymRef: Licinius
tag: name

Licin

tag: #text

reason: lost
tag: supplied

Rufini

nymRef: Rufinus
tag: name

centurionis

lemma: centurio
tag: w

 
<div type="edition" xml:space="preserve" xml:lang="grc">
                <ab>
                    <lb n="1"/><persName type="divine" ref="divine.xml#IuppiterOptimusMaximus"><expan><abbr>I</abbr><ex>ovi</ex></expan> <expan><abbr>O</abbr><ex>ptimo</ex></expan> <expan><abbr>M</abbr><ex>aximo</ex></expan></persName>
                    <lb n="2"/><w lemma="vexillatio"><expan><abbr>vexil</abbr><ex>latio</ex></expan></w> <orgName ref="organisation.xml#LegioVIIClaudia"><w lemma="legio"><expan><abbr>leg</abbr><ex>ionis</ex></expan></w> <num value="7">VII</num> <expan><abbr>Cl</abbr><ex>audiae</ex></expan></orgName>
                    <lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">sub</supplied> <w lemma="cura">cura</w>
                    <lb n="4"/><persName type="official" ref="official.xml#CaiusLiciniusRufinus" nymRef="Caius Licinius Rufinus"><name ref="Onom.xml#Gaius" nymRef="Gaius"><expan><abbr>C</abbr><ex>aii</ex></expan></name> <name nymRef="Licinius" ref="Onom.xml#Licinius">Licin<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied></name> <name nymRef="Rufinus" ref="Onom.xml#Rufinus">Rufini</name></persName> 
                    <w lemma="centurio">centurionis</w>
                </ab>
            </div>

Apparatus

Letters in ligature:

2-5 ) Hederae l. 2, 3, 5.

Readings

Bibliography

L. Ilić Oriovčanin, MZK 10, 1865, xxxiii.

F. Rómer, Archaeologiai közlemények 6, 1866, 179.

F. Kanitz, Reisestudien, 1868, 406.

Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 03, 01643.

Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 03, 08099.

C. Torma, AEM 6, 1882, 126–127, n. 83, drawing.

J. Mišković, Starinar 4, 1887, 45.

Inscriptions de la Mésie supérieure 2, 293.

cf. R. Saxer, Epigraphische Studien 1, 1967, 129.

HD036243.

TM 193682.