Inscription Database

Epitaph from Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa – Sarmizegetusa (Dacia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD013983 (Last Updates: 2013-09-24, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
L(ucius) Val(erius) Epi- L VAL EPI
gonus GONVS
vixit VIXIT
an(nos) XXXX AN XXXX
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) H S E
Chronological Data:
171 AD – 230 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1978, 0671.
  • I. Piso, Apulum 16, 1978, 192-194, Nr. 5; fig. 3. (B) - AE 1978.
  • IDR 3, 2, 454; fig. 359 (Foto u. Zeichnung).
  • C. Ciongradi, Grabmonument und sozialer Status in Oberdakien (Cluj-Napoca 2007) 140, Nr. S/S 2; Taf. 23.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Romania
ancient find spot:
Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa
modern find spot:
Sarmizegetusa
find spot:
modern region:
Hunedoara
year of find:
1977
present location:
Sarmizegetusa, Muz. Arh.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
height:
133 cm
width:
60 cm
depth:
16 cm
letter size:
5-4.5 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Commentary

 
Hedera am Ende von Z. 4. (B): Piso: Z. 4/5: vixit an(nos).

People

Person 1
Name:
L. Val. Epigonus
Praenomen:
L.
Nomen:
Valerius*
Cognomen:
Epigonus
gender:
male
Age: Years:
40
External IDs:

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD013983
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-09-24 by Gräf
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