Fibula with love dedication from Rutupiae created by Anna Pokorny MAPPOLA Database This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. MPL02123 158249 https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscription/show/2123 English Heritage- Dover Castle instrumentum (brooch) bronze complete None None None 0.0-0.0 Rutupiae 0-0 Rutupiae Found during excavations in 1931 within the Saxon Shore fort, in the drain of the north-south road. 51.2935 1.33232 no

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 Greek Greek-Latin Latin Multilingual Ancient Greek written in Latin script Latin written in Greek script personal messages / erotic

RIB002421 RIB002421
Si a mas ego p lus.

"Du liebst mich? Ich liebe dich mehr!"

The same text can be found in MPL02120, MPL02121 and MPL02122.

https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/2421.50 | RIB (with drawing) S. Martin-Kilcher, AB AQVIS VENIO - zu römischen Fibeln mit punzierter Inschrift. In: MILLE FIORI - Festschrift für Ludwig Berger, Augst 1998, 147-155, A6. G. Thüry, SPES AMORE. Eine neue Inschriftfibel aus dem römischen Wels. In: G. Thüry, Calamus. Festschrift für Herbert Graßl zum 65. Geburtstag, Wiesbaden 2013, 554, (with German translation). G. Thüry, Bettgeflüster in der römischen Provinz - Der Wortschatz des erotischen Lateins in Fibelinschriften, Gymnasium 129 (2022), 143-163, no. 71. https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_url.php?s_sprache=en&p_edcs_id=EDCS-49100205 | EDCS-49100205