The altar-shaped tomb of C Calventius Quietus in Pompeii proudly proclaims his role as an Augustalis, a priest dedicated to the cult of the imperial family, and shows his bisellium, a double-size seat of honour, awarded for his generosity to the city #Roman #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #EpigraphyTuesday

This Roman military helmet in Verulamium Museum, St Albans, belonged to Papirius - PAPIRI was punched as dots into the helmet's neck-guard (the 'rim' facing us). He wasn't its first owner: there's an earlier inscription under it: C VICTORSI M VS R #Roman #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #EpigraphyTuesday

Votive footprint plaques dedicated to goddesses Juno and Urania, from the amphitheatre at Italica which holds a Temple of the goddess Isis. They are in the Archaeological Museum, Seville, Spain, which states that the footprints of Isis were kissed during some rituals #Roman #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #EpigraphyTuesday

A Roman milestone dedicated to emperor Hadrian in AD119 was unearthed in 1771 near Leicester, UK. It was re-erected at a junction in Leicester with a cone and lamp on top! It's now in Leicester's Jewry Wall Museum, which currently being renovated. Leicester's Roman name was Ratae Corieltavorum. Illustration by John Flower, 1826 #Roman #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #EpigraphyTuesday 

A proper 'finger' nail!
This bronze finger-shaped clamp was one of several that secured an inscription over a door to the great basilica in Verulamium (St Albans, England). The inscription marked the city centre's restoration in AD79 - after the city was burned during Boudicca's revolt #Roman #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #EpigraphyTuesday

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For #EpigraphyTuesday, a little preview from tomorrow's upcoming post, part I of Castra Legionis; the bronze Bierzo Edict. Actually two separate edicts issued by Augustus on February 14th and 15th of 15 BCE, the document... (1/2)

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For #EpigraphyTuesday, a brief pause in the courtyard of #Istanbul's Archaeological Museum to ponder a bilingual inscription. Provenance remains ever-elusive, but thought to have been found in the #Saraylar necropolis on #Prokonnesos (modern #Marmara Island). D(is) M(anibus) A. Otacilius Crispus sibi et Otaciliae Onesime coniugi. Ἀ. Ὀτακίλιος Κρίσπος ἑαυτῶι5καὶ τῇ γυναικὶ Ὀτακιλίᾳ Ὀνησίμηι.
https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/288645

This sundial from the Stabian Baths at #Pompeii was two centuries old by the time Vesuvius erupted; its inscription is in Oscan, spoken there before Pompeii was absorbed by Rome. The inscription says the sundial was purchased with fines paid by citizens #Roman #RomanArchaeology #EpigraphyTuesday

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For #EpigraphyTuesday we're heading into late antiquity and everything is changing. The Gothic kingdom in Italy is shaking, #Justinian in Constantinople is feeling a desire to reconquer the old imperial city of #Rome, and even the way of writing is moving away from the antique.

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No papyrus? Try bone or pot fragments! Roman-period epigraphy from Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. Left, a list of payments on an ox's shoulder blade; right, a Greek writing exercise on an ostrakon (piece of broken pot). Both in the British Museum #Roman #Egypt #RomanArchaeology #EpigraphyTuesday

For #EpigraphyTuesday, let's go back to #Pompeii and look at political graffiti. Here, outside of the House of the Ceii, we see "C(aium) Cornelium aed(ilem) Tyrsus [ro]gat" [CIL IV 7190]. Me? I'm usually a Gaius Julius Polybius guy (he brings good bread), but I'll do my research.

For #EpigraphyTuesday, let's go back to #Pompeii and look at political graffiti. Here, outside of the House of the Ceii, we see "C(aium) Cornelium aed(ilem) Tyrsus [ro]gat" [CIL IV 7190]. Me? I'm usually a Gaius Julius Polybius guy (he brings good bread), but I'll do my research.

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You'd better sit down for this. An unremarkable black & white text: "statio cunnulingiorum", positioned in front of a bench in a hot room at the Trinacria Baths (Ostia Antica: III.XVI.7) marks a special place for, er.. cunning linguists?

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