Diploma

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Diploma

Entry/Object ID

L.2023.4

Description

2 complete plates of a military discharge document bestowing Roman citizenship to Longinus Festius who served as a member of a unit of Syrian archers (COH I HAMIORUM SAGITTARII) stationed in Britain. Dated Dec 9, 132 AD.

Use

These would have allowed the soldier to be discharged from service and given citizenship.

Context

Found in Germany

Collection

HvG

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Holger von Grawert

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano Germanic

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Discharge, Military

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Record, Military

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Record, Executive

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Government Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

military discharges

Dimensions

Height

146 mm

Width

117 mm

Materials

Material

Bronze

Material Notes

Copper alloy

Color

Green, Gray, Brown

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Formerly private collection, Frankfurt am Main. Acquired in Regensburg in the late 80s. Previously attributed to Munich based collector Dr. Hoellersberger.

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition