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[url:2qxkj196]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.martin/forum/inscription.jpg[/url]
greetings All
Im trying to work out the unit on this inscription (from Aquicum)
any help appreciated
cheers
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I think line 4 reads "EQ(ues) ALAE BRI..." The rest is hard to read, but would make it the Ala Britannica. What did you make of the whole thing?
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Spaul has two units begining 'bri'
ala I Britannica and ala I Brittonum both of which served for a time in Pannonia
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What I can make out is
Line 1: D M
Line 2: C C O M I N I V S
Line 3: C O M I (N) ......
Line 4:
Line 5: (I I I I) .... I X (I I) ............ X X
Line 6: (H) ................................ O M N
Line 7: © ....... R ................... N L (R or P)
Not sure of the bracketed letters.
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I'm with Jasper that it's an ALAE BRI
the end of line 4 might be STIP
line 5 has something, then VIXIT ANN XX
line 6 may start with II
but it's a pretty yukky photo (sorry!)
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Here are some even yuckier versions:
[url:zs0i5tp9]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/tarbicus/inscription_yucky_01.jpg[/url]
[url:zs0i5tp9]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/tarbicus/inscription_yucky_02.jpg[/url]
[url:zs0i5tp9]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/tarbicus/inscription_yucky_green.jpg[/url]
I traced any joined up lines for the last one, but how well I've no idea.
Tip: squinting doesn't work :wink:
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That does help Tarbi,
It'd be this then:
D(is) M(anibus)
C(aius) Cominius
Cominianus(?)
Eq(ues) Alae Brit(annicae) st(i)p(endiorum)
IIII Vixit ann(is) XX
H(oc) M(onumentum) P(osuit) Comn(enus?)
??
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thanks for your help.
I wonder why it doesnt seem to be in ALA2?
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Quote:I wonder why it doesnt seem to be in ALA2?
They probably couldn't read it :wink:
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Too late
But here is the result of my tinkering:
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/ ... onHigh.jpg
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Spaul's Ala 2, Cohors 2 & Classes Imperii Romani are very admirable and useful tools, but certainly not free of errors. The understandable reason for that is that it is simply a Herculean task.
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it certainly is.
havent got Classes Imperii Romani yet, but very impressed with the work in the other two.
in many ways will form basis of much of my website :-) )
has anyone else noticed the different styles used on funery in different sites/areas?
ie what the deceased which to show?
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Oh yes. It's a very fashion-driven thing, it seems.