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Name:
Longinus Biarta
Date:
Now kept:
Römisch-Germanisches Museum Cologne (Germany)
Publications:
B. and H.Galsterer, Die römischen Steininschriften aus Köln. Wissenschaftliche Kataloge des Römisch-Germanischen Museums Köln Band II (Cologne 1975), n.256.
Findspot:
Cologne , Germany (Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, Germania inferior )
References:
CIL XIII 8312; RSK 256
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Inscription
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Translation:
Longinus Biarta, son of Bisa, a Bessus, trooper of the Ala Sulpicia, 46 years of age (, lies here), had this set up of his own means.
Inscription:
Longinus Biarta Bisae f(ilius) /
Bessus eq(ues) alae Sulp(iciae) an(norum) XXXXVI /
d[e suo] f(aciendum) c(uravit)
Comments
Item details
Unit:
Ala Sulpicia
Rank:
Auxiliary cavalryman
Now kept:
Cologne
Style:
Funerary banquet
Status:
good images - fair info
Last updated:
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Comments:
Transcription taken from the site of Prof.M.Clauss.
Photos © Jasper Oorthuys.