Inscription Database

Epitaph from Camulodunum – Colchester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD023803 (Last Updates: 2020-03-02, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Longinus Sdapeze- LONGINVS SDAPEZE
matygi f(ilius) duplicarius MATYGI F DVPLICARIVS
ala prima T(h)racum pago ALA PRIMA TRACVM PAGO
Sardica ann(orum) XL aeror(um) XV SARDICA ANN XL AEROR XV
heres exs(!) testam(ento) [f(aciendum)] c(uravit) HERES EXS TESTAM [ ] C
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) H S E
Chronological Data:
43 AD – 49 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1928, 0156.
  • R.G. Collingwood - M.V. Taylor, JRS 18, 1928, 212-213, Nr. 5; pl. 23.
  • AE 1929, p. 10 s. n. 34.
  • RIB 0201; Foto.
  • AE 2002, 0888.
  • S. Perea YĆ©benes, Aquila legionis 2, 2002, 102-105; Foto. - AE 2002.
  • J. Huskinson, Roman sculpture from Eastern England, CSIR Great Britain 1, 8 (Oxford 1994) 23-24, Nr. 48; Pl. 19, 48.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Camulodunum
modern find spot:
Colchester
find spot:
modern region:
Essex
year of find:
1928
present location:
Colchester, Colchester Castle Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Oolith
height:
239 cm
width:
76 cm
depth:
26 cm
letter size:
4-6 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present
geography:
present
social / economic / legal history:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Longinus Sdapeze
Cognomen:
Longinus Sdapeze
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Age: Years:
40
Person 2
Name:
Matygi
Cognomen:
Matygus
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD023803
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-03-02 by Cowey
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