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Name: Acrabanis
Date: Second half of first century AD
Now kept: Xántus János Múzeum (Lapidarium), Györ, Hungary
Publications: CSIR Ungarn II, No. 83;
Arnold Schober, Die römischen Grabsteine von Noricum und Pannonien (Vienna 1923), p.111/112;
Eszter Szönyi,Vezetö a Györi múzeum római kori lapidáriumában (Guide to the Roman Stonework Finds in the Museum of Györ) (Györ 2003), p.34/35.
Findspot: Györ, Hungary (Arrabona, Pannonia superior)
References: CIL III 4367; RIU 253
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Inscription: Acrabanis /
Ababunis f(ilius) ala /
Augusta Ituraior /
um an(norum) XLV stip(endiorum) XII h(ic) s(itus) e(st) /
Hanicus frater /
heres posiut(!)
Translation: Acrabanis, son of Ababus, (soldier of the) ala Augusta Ituraeorum, 45 years of age, 12 years of service, lies here. Hanicus, his brother (or comrade) (and) heir set this up.

Comments

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Unit: Ala Augusta Ituraiorum
Rank: Auxiliary cavalryman
Now kept: Györ
Style: Half figure
Status: good images - good info
Last updated: Wednesday, 03 December 2008
Comments: Photos © Martin Wieland. Transcription after RIU, translation by Martin Wieland. A unique scene: a cavalryman is shooting with his bow at a practice target depicted at the right side of the stone.

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