Collection Item: Diploma

Basic info

Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Diploma
Object category
Roman
Description
The inscription is visible on both sides of all the fragments. Enough remains of the date and the military units to show that it belong to the same issue as the Briegtio diploma from Hungary now in the British Museum. It was issued to an infantry solider of Cohors V Raetorum but whose name is lost. The soldier’s commanding officer can be named as Sextus Cornelius Dexter of Saldae in Mauretania. (With thanks to Roger Tomlin for aid in the identification)
Three fragments and two smaller conjoining minor fragments. Inscription on both sides of each fragment. Part of the first leaf of the diploma and although the recipient's name is missing, enough is left to identified that he served under the Cohort Fifth Raetorum. and two conjoining minor fragments of the first leaf survive.
Production date start
118-07-17
Period
Roman

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 2008.171
Alternative number
YORYM_67D811
Number of objects
5
ID
12234

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Copper alloy (Whole)

Find spot

Method
Metal detector find
Place
Brompton-by-Sawdon