RIB 3129. Dedication to an unnamed god

https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/3129

Support

Type of object
Statuette base
Material
Purbeck marble
Dimensions
0.148 × 0.075 × 0.04 m
Decoration and iconography
The top is recessed to form a socket, and the upper edge of the face is chamfered.
Condition
Left part only.
Site
Colchester (Camulodunum)
Find context
Found in excavation of a post-medieval pit at Lion Walk (TL 995 251).
Find date
1971
Modern location
Now in the Colchester and Essex Museum.
Institution/acc. #
Colchester Museum: COLEM:1986.65.71

Text field

Style of lettering
The letters are roughly cut.
Letter heights
(not specified)

Text

Origin of text
Colchester
Ancient site
Camulodunum
Text type
Religious dedication
Date
(no indication)

Edition

deo [ ̣ ̣ ̣]

Apparatus

DEO A[ ̣ ̣ ̣], Wright.

Translation

To the god …

Commentary and notes

Previously published as RIB II.4, 2453.1.

The ‘broken letter’ (A or M) read by Wright seems only to be part of the broken edge.

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