Inscription Database

Epitaph from Tarnaiae Nantuatium (Acaunum) – S.-Maurice (Alpes Poeninae)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD002078 (Last Updates: 2013-07-22, Masci)

Transcription Majuscle
MM(anibus) MM
 
Nitoniae Avitianae clar(issimae) fem(inae) NITONIAE AVITIANAE CLAR FEM
Vassonius Gellianus et VASSONIVS GELLIANVS ET
Nitonia Marcella et NITONIA MARCELLA ET
Nitonius Pompeius filii NITONIVS POMPEIVS FILII
matris carissimae MATRIS CARISSIMAE
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1985, 0645.
  • P. Collart, RSAA 3, 1941, 24, Nr. 11; pl. 21, 12. - AE 1985.
  • G. Walser, Römische Inschriften in der Schweiz 3 (Bern 1980) 74-75, Nr. 280; Foto. (B) - AE 1985.
  • P. Bourban, ASA 8, 1897, 36.
  • E. Howald - E. Mayer, Die römische Schweiz (Zürich 1940) 211, Nr. 66.
  • M.-R. Sauter, Préhistoire du Valais. Des origines aux temps mérovingiens (Sion 1950) 129, Nr. 7.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Switzerland
ancient find spot:
Tarnaiae Nantuatium (Acaunum)
modern find spot:
S.-Maurice
find spot:
modern region:
État du Valais
year of find:
1896

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
sarcophagus
material:
Kalkstein
height:
67 cm
width:
215 cm
depth:
90 cm
letter size:
6.5-5.5 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae; guidelines

Commentary

 
Inschriftfeld in Form einer tabula ansata. Bourban: Material: Marmor; Höhe: 55; Breite: 155. Z. 1: MM(anibus) steht in den ansae. Z. 6: Spatium von ca. 4 Buchstaben zwischen CARISSI und MAE. (B): Walser: Z. 5: m(alis) m(ale).

People

Person 1
Name:
Nitoniae Avitianae
Nomen:
Nitonia
Cognomen:
Avitiana
gender:
female
Status:
senatorial order
Person 2
Name:
Vassonius Gellianus
Nomen:
Vassonius
Cognomen:
Gellianus
gender:
male
Person 3
Name:
Nitonia Marcella
Nomen:
Nitonia
Cognomen:
Marcella
gender:
female
Person 4
Name:
Nitonius Pompeius
Nomen:
Nitonius
Cognomen:
Pompeius
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD002078
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-07-22 by Masci
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