Terracotta Oscan Iovila boundary marker from Capua from Curti, the properties of Tirone and Paturelli. This was a location of an extra-urban sanctuary. The markers make a reference to the feast of Jove. They date to the 2nd half of the 4th — late 3rd cent. BC. #EpigraphyTuesday
An altar to the goddess Fortuna which was set up by Vitalis. The altar was found at Carrawburgh Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland in 1873. Now part of the museum collections at Chester’s Roman Fort. 
My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain
Agnone Tablet is an inscription on bronze written in Oscan that dates to the 3rd-1st century BC. It was found near the town of Agnone in Molise, Italy and since 1873 it has been kept in the British Museum. It is inscribed on both sides and has religious texts. #EpigraphyTuesday
A reimagining of an early 3rd century AD altar to the holy goddess Minerva. It was found at High Rochester (Bremenium) Roman Fort and set up by the tribune, Minerva Flavius Severinus. Part of the collections at the Great North Museum in Newcastle. My own #EpigraphyTuesday
For #epigraphytuesday a #Roman military belt mount with openwork decoration depicting the Latin word SPES - hope. Found in Biriciana, present-day Weißenburg, Bavaria, dating 2nd/3rd century AD.
On display at Römermuseum Weißenburg
by me
This sandstone tombstone commemorates Regina of Arbeia. It is from the 2nd century AD. It has a line of Palmyrene aside of Latin. #EpigraphyTuesday See the translations at https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork/romancoventry/resources/diversity/women/regina/
Dedication to Coventina, the goddess of water, by Titus D Cosconianus, Prefect of the First Cohort of Batavians. Originally found at Carrawburgh Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall, the stone is now on display in the museum at Chesters Roman Fort. My own. #EpigraphyTuesday
Is it a real one or is it a fake? The opinion on the Praeneste fibula has changed many times. The inscription reads MANIOS MED FHE FHAKED NVMASIOI. The brooch has been dated to the 7th century. #EpigraphyTuesday
A Vespasian silver sesterius with a depiction of the goddess Roma. Struck in AD 71. This reverse type celebrated the resurgent Rome. The goddess personified Rome and the Roman state. Roma was probably favoured by high-status Imperial representatives abroad, #EpigraphyTuesday
Annum novum faustum felicem to all! This Roman greeting is inscribed onto this lamp. #EpigraphyTuesday
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The sarcophagus of Arnegunde, wife of the merovingian king Clotaire I (511-561) was discovered in the Basilica of Saint-Denis in 1959. A ring found on the skeleton's thumb bears the inscription ARNEGUNDIS, encircling a central monogram expanding to REGINE (queen).
Currently on display at "THE hidden LÄND" in Stuttgart, on loan from Musée d'Archéologie nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Photo: by me
Lapis Niger was found from the Comitium in Rome. It is in Old Latin and has already the word rex, the king, on it. Photo: a reproduction of the original stone, Wikimedia #EpigraphyTuesday
Forma Urbis Romae was a huge map of ancient Rome created during the reign of Septimus Severus at the beginning of the third century AD. It was mounted onto the inner wall of the Temple of Peace. #EpigraphyTuesday
Tabula capuana from Santa Maria Capua Veteres, Italy. It is one of the longest known Etruscan inscriptions from the 5th century BC. Inscribed right to left on a clay tablet. It is on display at the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany.
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Ancient tax fraud! This Roman measuring vessel (AD 90-91) from Carvoran fort, England, shows how officials cheated locals. Marked as holding 17.5 sextarii of grain, it actually fits 20.8 - a sneaky way to collect extra tax!
Note that Emperor Domitian's name was scratched off after his downfall in AD 96.
I've photographed it at @britishmuseum's "Roman Army" Exhibition. Found at Carvoran Fort.
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The first time the word Italia was used was in the Samnite coins during the Social War in 91-88 BC. #EpigraphyTuesday
Res Gestae Divi Augusti, a long Latin inscription on the wall of the Temple of Divine Augustus in Ankara, Turkey, listing the achievements of the first Emperor. #EpigraphyTuesday
Inscription dedicated to Roman Emperor Hadrian found near the city of Uşak (ancient Blaundus) in western #Turkiye 
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#EpigraphyTuesday "Be cheerful and live your life", a post-Halloween reminder from Antiocheia, Turkey
For #EpigraphyTuesday - Stela of the accounts of the Parthenon treasury : Sacred olive tree flanked by Athena and an allegory of the people. The inscription of the lower part records the expenditures of the year 410-409 BC and on the other side those of the year 407-406. Louvre museum. me.
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