Kisné Cseh Julianna – Somorjai József szerk.: Komárom – Esztergom Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 5. (Tata, 1997)

H. Kelemen Márta–Lőrincz Barnabás: Two New Inscriptions from Brigetio’s Area

Two New Inscriptions from Brigetio's Area Barnabás Lőrincz - Emese Számadó 1. In 1966 a milestone was found in Almásfüzitő (Komárom-Esztergom county) with the following inscripton (fig. I):

3 Imp (erator) Caes(ar) I [[M. Clod(ius) Pupienus or Pupienius Max(imus) P(ius) F(elix) I Aug(ustus) pont(ifex) max(imus), tr(ibuncia) pot(estate), p(ater) p(atriae), co(n)s(ul) III, proco(n)s(ul), et Imp(erator) Caes(ar) D. 1

5 Cael(ius) Calvinus Balbinus I P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus), pont(ifex) max(imus), tr(ibunicia)po]] t(estate), I d[o(n)s(ul) II, proco(n)s(ul), p(ater)]] p(atriae), et I

M Antonius Gordianus I nobilissimo (!) Caes(ar) vias 1

10 vetustate conlabsas I cumpontibus restituitil) I per leg(ionem) I Adi(utricem) p(iam)

/(ideiem) [[P(upienam) B(albinam)]] G(ordianam) I a Brig(etione) m(ilia) p(assuum) II. The names of the emperors in the 2nd-7th lines have been erased. From the period of Pupienus' and Balbinus'reign only a few inscriptions are known;

4 up to the present only two inscriptons were found in Pannónia Inferior that probebly can be dated for this period (they were erected in 238 A.D.).

5 In spite of the erasure the [[P(upiena) B(albina)] G(ordiana) imperial epithets can be read. In such form these can also be found on an inscription from Britain.

6 On the basis of the historical data - although the chronology of the year 238 A.D. is still giving rise to much controversy

7 - we can take for granted that the milestone from Almásfüzitő was erected after the murder of Maximinus Thrax and his son,

8 respectively before the reign of Gordianus III. According to the most recent researches this period falls between the beginning of June and the middle of August 238 A.D.

9 2. In 1978 in Komárom's area the road to Nagyherkály a limestone sarcophagus was found. The inscription is in a profiled lathing and it is flanked both on the left and on the right by a so-called baroque motive (fig. 2). The inscription is the following (fig. 3): D(is) M(anibus) I M. Aemil(io) Aureliano, qCuondam) I mil(iti) legdonis) I ad(iutricis)p(iae)

fßdelis) ex adi(utore) offic I i{c}i cornicul(arii) legati, st\ 5

ip(endiorum) XIII, qui vixit an(nis) XXXI. M. Aem(ilius) Fortunatus, Aug(ustalis) I m(unicipii) Brig(etionis) et Aurelia Candidl a, parentes/(aciendum) c(uraverunt)

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