摘要
A newly discovered Roman funerary monument from ~ipovo mentions a Roman urban settlement in the municipium rank with the name not identified to date apart from the three initial letters--Bal. The deceased was both in military service as a centurion and in civil service as a decurion of the mentioned town. That it was a person of importance is indicated not only by the gravestone inscription but also by the relief depiction of the deceased, shown to be holding a volumen in his hand. Since the monument is chipped and damaged in the upper part, it can only be determined that it was a stela type funerary monument. The main goal of this work is to underline the importance of this monument as a great archaeological treaser, since it is the first written source from Roman period for the town with the three initial letters--Bal, as well as the source for further excavation and the researching of military units of the first word Nova. Two questions will stay open： when the settlement becomes municipium, and the full name of the town.
