CIMRM 53 - Painted inscription of Antonius Valentinus. Dura Europos, Syria.

CIMRM entry

53.
Dipinto inside of a tabula ansata (H. 0.33 L. 0.65); letters painted, probably red (L.H. 0.042).
ILN 1934, fig. 3; Report, No. 847 and Pl. XLIX, 1.
Pro sal(ute) et incol(umitate) d(ominorum) / n(ostrorum) imp(eratorum) L. Sep(timi) Severi pii / Pert(inacis) et M. Aurel(i) Aritonini [ [ et L. Sept(imi) Geta[e] ] ] / Aug(ustorum) tem/plum dei Solis invicti Mithrae sub Minic(io) Martiali procuratore) / Aug(usti) / rest(itutum) ab Ant(onio) Valentino (centurione) princ(ipe) / pr(aeposito) ve[x(illationum) leg(ionum) III]I Scyt(hicae) / et XVI F(laviae) F(irmae) p(iae) f(idelis).
Between 209 and 211 A.D.
Ant. Valentinus dedicated an altar in the Dolicheneum at Dura in 211 A.D. (J. F. Gilliam, "The Dolicheneum, II: Inscriptions", Yale 1952, No. 970 and Pl. XIX, 1; P. Merlat in RA XLIII, 1954, 184).