Inscription Database

Epitaph from Tibiscum – Caransebeş (Dacia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD046529 (Last Updates: 2008-01-29, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
[D(is) M(anibus)](?) [ ]
 
Publi Aeli Ulpi vet(erani) ex dec(urione) PVBLI AELI VLPI VET EX DEC
hanc sedem longo placuit sacrare labori HANC SEDEM LONGO PLACVIT SACRARE LABORI
hanc requiem fessos tandem qua conderet artus HANC REQVIEM FESSOS TANDEM QVA CONDERET ARTVS
Ulpius emeritis longaevi muneris annis VLPIVS EMERITIS LONGAEVI MVNERIS ANNIS
ipse suo curam titulo dedit ipse sepulcri IPSE SVO CVRAM TITVLO DEDIT IPSE SEPVLCRI
arbiter hospitium membris fatoque paravit ARBITER HOSPITIVM MEMBRIS FATOQVE PARAVIT
Chronological Data:
131 AD – 170 AD
Literature:
  • IDR 3, 1, 157; fig. 125 (Foto u. Zeichnungen).
  • CIL 03, 01552.
  • CIL 03, 08001.
  • CLE 0460.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Romania
ancient find spot:
Tibiscum
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Caraș-Severin
present location:
Timişoara, Muz. Banatului

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
sarcophagus?
height:
91 cm
width:
248 cm
depth:
28 cm
letter size:
6.5 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Commentary

 
Wohl die Vorderseite eines Sarkophagkastens. Inschriftfeld flankiert von 2 Attisfiguren; bei der Auffindung Z. 2-7 noch vollständig; inzwischen nur noch 5 aneinaderpassende Fragmente erhalten. Inschrift in Hexametern. Hedera am Ende der letzten Zeile.

People

Person 1
Name:
Publi Aeli Ulpi
Praenomen:
P.
Nomen:
Aelius
Cognomen:
Ulpius
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
External IDs:

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD046529
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2008-01-29 by Gräf
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