Inscription Database

Epitaph from Capidava – Topalu (Moesia inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD042025 (Last Updates: 2014-04-03, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
Dis Manibus DIS MANIBVS
Cocceius Vitales(!) vixsit(!) COCCEIVS VITALES VIXSIT
annis L et Coc(ceia) Iulia co- ANNIS L ET COC IVLIA CO
niunxs(!) eius vixsit(!) annis NIVNXS EIVS VIXSIT ANNIS
XL obiti ad villam suam Coc- XL OBITI AD VILLAM SVAM COC
ceius Clemens et Coc(ceius) He- CEIVS CLEMENS ET COC HE
lius fili(i) patri et matri [be]- LIVS FILI PATRI ET MATRI [ ]
ne merentibus titulum NE MERENTIBVS TITVLVM
posuerunt POSVERVNT
Chronological Data:
171 AD – 230 AD
Literature:
  • S. Conrad, Die Grabstelen aus Moesia inferior. Untersuchungen zu Chronologie, Typologie und Ikonographie (Leipzig 2004) 192, Nr. 248; Taf. 139, 3.
  • CIL 03, 13737. (B)
  • IScM 5, 030; Foto.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Romania
ancient find spot:
Capidava
modern find spot:
Topalu
find spot:
modern region:
Constanța
present location:
Bucureşti, Muz. Naţ. Ant.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Kalkstein
height:
(183) cm
width:
70 cm
depth:
20 cm
letter size:
5.7 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Commentary

 
3 aneinanderpassende Fragmente erhalten. Oberhalb des Inschriftfeldes ein nach rechts sprengender Reiterf; darüber Totenmahlrelief. Häufig hederae als Worttrenner. (B): CIL III: Z. 7/8: be/ne.

People

Person 1
Name:
Cocceius Vitales(!)
Nomen:
Cocceius
Cognomen:
Vitales (= Vitalis)
Age: Years:
50
Person 2
Name:
Coc. Iulia
Nomen:
Cocceia*
Cognomen:
Iulia
Age: Years:
40
Person 3
Name:
Cocceius Clemens
Nomen:
Cocceius
Cognomen:
Clemens
gender:
male
Person 4
Name:
Coc. Helius
Nomen:
Cocceius
Cognomen:
Helius
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD042025
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2014-04-03 by Gräf
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