THE RING FROM TEKIĆ AND THE SEAL FROM VELIKA: THE LATEST EPIGRAPHIC FINDS BEARING THE NAME OF INCERUM

Review article

Abstract

In the 2021 issue of the Požeški pučki kalendar (PPK), archaeologists Nikola Cesarik and Vjekoslav Kramberger published two previously unknown epigraphic inscriptions mentioning the Roman settlement of Incerum (Inicerum). These consist of a silver ring inscribed VOTSILVINCERIVS, found on the surface of the Treštanovačka Gradina site near Tekić, and
a seal impression inscribed INCERI from the vicinity of Velika. The authors interpret part of the first inscription as INCERIUS.
In the present study, these inscriptions are analysed from a philological perspective, in the hope that they may shed further light on the otherwise sparsely attested Incerum—provided, of course, that the finds prove to be archaeologically authentic, since they have not yet undergone professional examination.