Pottery Vessels with graffiti Discovered in the Fort of Ala I Batavorum in Dacia
Pottery Vessels with graffiti Discovered in the Fort of Ala I Batavorum in Dacia
Author(s): Rada Varga, Alexander Rubel, George Valentin BounegruSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Military history, Ancient World, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: instrumenta; onomastics; barracks; vasa escaria
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents graffiti discovered on a few plates discovered in a barrack from the fort of ala I Batavorum milliaria in Dacia. Typical for the Batavian troops, the onomastics is Latin and Greek. The instrumenta prove that the soldiers scribbled their names on every-day use vessels and offer us a glimpse of the very men that lived there together.
Journal: Electrum. Studia z historii starożytnej
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 31
- Page Range: 127 - 141
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
