Department: Archaeology department

Inventory number: 34537

Artefact's name: Votive gold plaque no. 5

Material: Gold

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Decoration type: Excision

Preservation: Good

Restauration: Restored

Completeness: Almost Complete

Length (mm): 110

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Width (mm): 46

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Weight (g): 3.33

Epoque: Roman

Period: Roman

Absolute chronology: II-III century A.D.

Country: Romania

District: Hunedoara

Town hall affiliation: Geoagiu

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Discovery findspot: Germisara - Roman Thermae

Condition of discovery: Chance Discovery

Discovery type: Other

Has an elongated shape, with the lateral edges arched. The lower edge is curved, with a sharp, pierced, triangular elongation. Above the inscription field we can see a central rib. In the upper part we can see a sharp tip and two sided curved elongations: the sides are decorated with parallel ribs. The limits of the field’s inscription have been traced in the lower part as a final operation in its fabrication. The last row has been written over the lower edge of the inscription field, which shows that there is not necessarily a connection between the making of the piece and the writing of the text, so the inscription could have been made outside the workshop. In r. 1 of the third letter we cans see a failed attempt or a wiped letter and we can not see if it was a P like in r. 4 or F like in r. 5. The ending in F seems more likely. Nym[f (is)] /Baebius / Ingen(uus)

Inscription:

Nym[f (is)] /Baebius / Ingen(uus)

I. Piso – A. Rusu, în Revista Monumentelor Istorice, 1, 1990, p.11; A. Rusu – E. Pescaru, în Politique Edilitaire dans les Provinces de l`’Empire Romaine, 1993, p.201-214.

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