Inscription Database

Epitaph from Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensium (= Philippi), bei – Kalambaki (Macedonia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD049751 (Last Updates: 2014-11-18, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Varin(ius) Sosias an(norum) II VARIN SOSIAS AN II
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) Varin(ius) Zosas fil(io) H S E VARIN ZOSAS FIL
dulciss(imo) f(aciendum) c(uravit) DVLCISS F C
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • P. Pilhofer, Philippi 2. Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi (Tübingen 2000) 405, Nr. 411.
  • P. Pilhofer, Philippi 2. Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi (2. Aufl. Tübingen 2009) 486, Nr. 411.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Greece
ancient find spot:
Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensium (= Philippi), bei
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Anatolikí Makedonía, Thráki

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
sarcophagus
height:
45 cm
width:
110 cm
depth:
56 cm
letter size:
9.5-5.5 cm

People

Person 1
Name:
Varin. Sosias
Nomen:
Varinius*
Cognomen:
Sosias
gender:
male
Age: Years:
2
Person 2
Name:
Varin. Zosas
Nomen:
Varinius*
Cognomen:
Zosas
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD049751
Work Status:
no image
Last Update:
2014-11-18 by Cowey
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