A Lead Tag Inscribed in Greek from Durostorum (Moesia Inferior)

2025/05/31 by Deac, Dan, Elefterescu, Dan
#Durostorum #Greek epigraphy #Moesia Inferior #Roman army #lead tag

paper · doi:10.25365/tyche-2023-38-3

Abstract

This paper provides an interpretation on the Greek text of a lead tag discovered in 1972 in the ancient site of Durostorum (Moesia Inferior). The results show that this is the first ever researched commercial tag found in the Roman world.

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