Inscription Thread - Historum

Alex III · June 4th, 2009, 06:25 PM

Here we post inscriptions, challenge people to guess where they are from/what they are, maybe translate a bit of them? Once we figure them out discuss a little?

Adding in a few hints can't hurt either.

I'll start. This one is in Doric Greek, and it's from... Crete. It's also one of the most important inscriptions we have.

**Belisarius** · June 4th, 2009, 11:26 PM

It's written "boustrophedon" so it's earlier than 5th century BCE, but as I've never been to Crete, it could be anywhere.

Alex III · June 5th, 2009, 04:20 AM

The city eventually became the Captial of the Roman province of Crete and North Africa.

**Toltec** · June 5th, 2009, 07:25 AM

Cyrenaica

**Salah** · March 20th, 2010, 05:35 AM

Here is a 3rd Century AD Latin inscription, who can translate it?

D - M C - CALPVRNIVS RECEPTVS SACER DOS DEAE SV
LIS VIX AN LXXV CALPVRNIA TRIFO SA LIB ET CONIVNX F C