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© Museu de Badalona
Omeka ID 1912
Ciutat romana de Baetulo. L'Estrella
Roman world

plaque with epigraphic inscription

MB 18253

Object type
inscription
Production date
-15 / 25
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu de Badalona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Ciutat romana de Baetulo. L'Estrella
Materials
Alcover stone
Township
Badalona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Barcelonès)
Technique
sculpting, polishing
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
15,5 x 17,5 x 4,5 cm
Description
Pentagonal-shaped fragment that must have been part of a larger plaque. It is the upper central part of an unmoulded plate, smooth on the back, of soft limestone, perhaps the so-called Alcover stone. [...] PORCIV [S ...] [...] IDA [...] This is the first evidence of the name PORCIVS on a non-ceramic object. Due to its palaeographic and petrographic characteristics, it could be Marcus Porcius, the same character who produced wine amphorae during the period of maximum splendour of the city of Baetulo, thanks to the abundant production of Laietan wine. The inscription was thrown into a silo in the 6th century AD.

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