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Identification

Reference as: MPL00968
Title Plate with a dedicatory inscription to Emperor Constans
Trismegistos-No. 211494

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Castrum Rauracense
Find Context Found at the Sport Stadium
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Augst, Museum Augusta Raurica
Inventory number
Current Location Details
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Object Details

Object Type instrumentum
Material silver
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 55.0 cm

height: 2.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique embossed
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
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Text

Function dedication / votive inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

1

AVGVSTVSCONSTANSDATLAETADECENNIAVICTORSPONDENSOMN`I´BVSTERTRICENNALIAFAVSTIS2
SANCTPX
1

Augustus Constans dat laeta decennia victor spondens omn`i´bus ter tricennalia faustis. 2
Sanct(- - -) p(ondo) X.
1

Augustus Constans dat laeta decennia victor spondens omn`i´bus ter tricennalia faustis. 2
Sanct(- - -) p(ondo) X.
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation Inscription 1
“Constans, the emperor, the victorious ruler, promises happy decades by celebrating his 30th anniversary with favorable omens"
Citation Anna Pokorny

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameConstants
    GenderMale
    RankEmperors / Members of the Imperial family
    RoleDedicator
  • NameSanct(- - -)
    GenderMale

Further Information

Comment

Disappeared after being found and reappeared in 1995. Height refers to the original height; height when found in bent condition: 4.2 cm. Inscription A runs around the central medallion on the top, inscription B inside the stand ring on the underside. Inscription A: Writing technique: niello technique. Inscription B: Writing technique: punched. Inscription type refers to A; inscription genre B: owner/manufacturer inscription. Letter height refers to B; letter height of inscription A unknown. Meter (inscription A): hexameter. Inscription A: letter P in SPONDENS corrected from an O.

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Dating

Date (From) 342 AD
Date (To) 343 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • prosopography

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Editing History

Created 2025-01-22, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:15:07, ID there: HD048493
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