Comments on: Query: A Hadrianic boundary marker from Bulgaria http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/22/query-a-hadrianic-boundary-marker-from-bulgaria/ ISSN 1754-0909 (Online) Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:44:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 by: Tom Elliott http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/22/query-a-hadrianic-boundary-marker-from-bulgaria/#comment-3489 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:55:27 +0000 http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/22/query-a-hadrianic-boundary-marker-from-bulgaria/#comment-3489 Thanks for the generous and timely response! Thanks for the generous and timely response!

]]> by: N.S. http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/22/query-a-hadrianic-boundary-marker-from-bulgaria/#comment-3488 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:18:28 +0000 http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/22/query-a-hadrianic-boundary-marker-from-bulgaria/#comment-3488 13 of these boundary markers have been found so far. Your photograph is of the first one of the four inscriptions published by I. Hristov in Minalo (with numerous errors). The texts of the four inscriptions (revised by myself): 1. Hristov, p. 5-6, no. 1. Dimensions: 90 x 60 x 24 cm, letters: 4 - 4,4 cm. Ex auctoritate | Imp(eratoris) Cae(saris), divi | Tra(iani) Parthi(ci) fil(ii), di|vi Nerv(ae) nep(otis), Tra(iani) | Had(riani) Aug(usti), p(atris) p(atriae), po|ntif(icis) maxi(mi), trib(unicia) pot(estate) | XX, co(n)s(ulis) III, M(arcus) Anti|us Rufinus inter | Thracas et Moe|sos fines posuit. Ligatures: L. 1: AV, IT, TE; L. 3: THI, IL; L. 4: NE, RV, NE; L. 5: AV; L. 6: NTIF, MA; L. 7: NTI; L. 8: RV, IN, INTE; L. 9: THR; L. 10: INE, IT. 2. p. 6, no. 2. Dimensions: 125 x 60 x 22 cm, letters: 4 - 4,4 cm. Ex auctoritate | Imp(eratoris) Cae(saris), divi | Tra(iani) Parthi(ci) fil(ii), divi | Nerv(ae) nep(otis), Tra(iani) Had(riani) | Aug(usti), p(atris) p(atriae), pontif(icis) maxi(mi), | trib(unicia) pot(estate) XX, co(n)s(ulis) III, | M(arcus) Antius Rufinus | inter Thrac(as) et Moe|sos fines posuit. Ligatures: L. 1: AV, IT, TE; L. 2: DI; L. 3: TR, THI, IL, DI; L. 4: NE, RV, NE, TR; L. 5: AV, NTIF, MA; L. 6: TR, IB; L. 7: NTI, RV, IN; L. 8: INTE, THR; L. 10: INE, IT. 3. p. 6, no. 3. Dimensions: 136 x 58 x 19 cm, letters: 4 - 4,4 cm. Ex auctoritate | Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris), divi | Tra(iani) Parthi(ci) fil(ii), | divi Nerv(ae) nep(otis), | Tra(iani) Had(riani) Aug(usti), | p(atris) p(atriae), pontif(icis) maxi(mi), | trib(unicia) pot(estate) XX, c(onsulis) III, | M(arcus) Antius Rufinus | inter Thrac(as) et | Moesos fines | posuit. Ligatures: L. 1: AV, IT, TE; L. 2: AE, DI; L. 3: THI, IL; L. 4: DI, NE, RV, NE; L. 5: AV; L. 6: NTIF, MA; L. 8: NTI, RV, FINV; L. 9: NTE, THR; L. 10: INE; L. 11: IT. 4. p. 6-7, no. 4. Dimensions: 125 x 62 x 23 cm, letters: 4 cm. Ex auctoritate | Imp(eratoris) Cae(saris), divi | Tra(iani) Parthi(ci) fil(ii), di|vi Nerv(ae) nep(otis), Tra(iani) | Had(riani) Aug(usti), p(atris) p(atriae), | pontif(icis) max(imi), trib(unicia) | pot(estate) XX, co(n)s(ulis) III, | M(arcus) Antius Rufinus | inter Thrac(as) et Moe|sos fines posuit. Ligatures: L. 1: AV, IT, TE; L. 2: DI; L. 3: TR, THI, IL, DI; L. 4: INE, RV, NE, TR; L. 5: AV; L. 6: NTIF, IB; L. 8: NTI, FIN; L. 9: INTE, THR; L. 10: INE, IT. A graffito incised in the lower part of the stone: N IIII + i.e. n(umero) IIII. 13 of these boundary markers have been found so far. Your photograph is of the first one of the four inscriptions published by I. Hristov in Minalo (with numerous errors).
The texts of the four inscriptions (revised by myself):

1. Hristov, p. 5-6, no. 1. Dimensions: 90 x 60 x 24 cm, letters: 4 - 4,4 cm.
Ex auctoritate | Imp(eratoris) Cae(saris), divi | Tra(iani) Parthi(ci) fil(ii), di|vi Nerv(ae) nep(otis), Tra(iani) | Had(riani) Aug(usti), p(atris) p(atriae), po|ntif(icis) maxi(mi), trib(unicia) pot(estate) | XX, co(n)s(ulis) III, M(arcus) Anti|us Rufinus inter | Thracas et Moe|sos fines posuit.
Ligatures: L. 1: AV, IT, TE; L. 3: THI, IL; L. 4: NE, RV, NE; L. 5: AV; L. 6: NTIF, MA; L. 7: NTI; L. 8: RV, IN, INTE; L. 9: THR; L. 10: INE, IT.

2. p. 6, no. 2. Dimensions: 125 x 60 x 22 cm, letters: 4 - 4,4 cm.
Ex auctoritate | Imp(eratoris) Cae(saris), divi | Tra(iani) Parthi(ci) fil(ii), divi | Nerv(ae) nep(otis), Tra(iani) Had(riani) | Aug(usti), p(atris) p(atriae), pontif(icis) maxi(mi), | trib(unicia) pot(estate) XX, co(n)s(ulis) III, | M(arcus) Antius Rufinus | inter Thrac(as) et Moe|sos fines posuit.
Ligatures: L. 1: AV, IT, TE; L. 2: DI; L. 3: TR, THI, IL, DI; L. 4: NE, RV, NE, TR; L. 5: AV, NTIF, MA; L. 6: TR, IB; L. 7: NTI, RV, IN; L. 8: INTE, THR; L. 10: INE, IT.

3. p. 6, no. 3. Dimensions: 136 x 58 x 19 cm, letters: 4 - 4,4 cm.
Ex auctoritate | Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris), divi | Tra(iani) Parthi(ci) fil(ii), | divi Nerv(ae) nep(otis), | Tra(iani) Had(riani) Aug(usti), | p(atris) p(atriae), pontif(icis) maxi(mi), | trib(unicia) pot(estate) XX, c(onsulis) III, | M(arcus) Antius Rufinus | inter Thrac(as) et | Moesos fines | posuit.
Ligatures: L. 1: AV, IT, TE; L. 2: AE, DI; L. 3: THI, IL; L. 4: DI, NE, RV, NE; L. 5: AV; L. 6: NTIF, MA; L. 8: NTI, RV, FINV; L. 9: NTE, THR; L. 10: INE; L. 11: IT.

4. p. 6-7, no. 4. Dimensions: 125 x 62 x 23 cm, letters: 4 cm.
Ex auctoritate | Imp(eratoris) Cae(saris), divi | Tra(iani) Parthi(ci) fil(ii), di|vi Nerv(ae) nep(otis), Tra(iani) | Had(riani) Aug(usti), p(atris) p(atriae), | pontif(icis) max(imi), trib(unicia) | pot(estate) XX, co(n)s(ulis) III, | M(arcus) Antius Rufinus | inter Thrac(as) et Moe|sos fines posuit.
Ligatures: L. 1: AV, IT, TE; L. 2: DI; L. 3: TR, THI, IL, DI; L. 4: INE, RV, NE, TR; L. 5: AV; L. 6: NTIF, IB; L. 8: NTI, FIN; L. 9: INTE, THR; L. 10: INE, IT.
A graffito incised in the lower part of the stone:

N
IIII +

i.e. n(umero) IIII.

]]> by: Current Epigraphy » Epigraphic Digitization and Imagery Annotation http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/22/query-a-hadrianic-boundary-marker-from-bulgaria/#comment-3442 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:06:13 +0000 http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/22/query-a-hadrianic-boundary-marker-from-bulgaria/#comment-3442 [...] My query about a Hadrianic boundary marker from Bulgaria was occasioned by a demo that Sean Gillies and I (mostly Sean) worked up for online epigraphic image annotation using some free, open-source software called OpenLayers. Sean blogged about the demo, and this has provoked some inquiries from folks in the geospatial computing community, like this one from Paul Ramsey: What’s the use case for digitized inscriptions? I don’t comprehend. [...] […] My query about a Hadrianic boundary marker from Bulgaria was occasioned by a demo that Sean Gillies and I (mostly Sean) worked up for online epigraphic image annotation using some free, open-source software called OpenLayers. Sean blogged about the demo, and this has provoked some inquiries from folks in the geospatial computing community, like this one from Paul Ramsey: What’s the use case for digitized inscriptions? I don’t comprehend. […]

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