Inscription Database

Epitaph from Nicopolis ad Istrum, bei – Pavlikeni (Moesia inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD042811 (Last Updates: 2009-04-21, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Agathodorus Dio- AGATHODORVS DIO
phanis vivos(!) sibi PHANIS VIVOS SIBI
[f(aciendum)] [ ]
c(uravit) C
 
Ἀγαθόδωρος Διοφάνου ΑΓΑΘΟΔΩΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΦΑΝΟΥ
Νεικεὺς ζῶν καὶ φρο- ΝΕΙΚΕΥΣ ΖΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΦΡΟ
νῶν ἑαυτῷ ἐποίησεν ΝΩΝ ΕΑΥΤΩ ΕΠΟΙΗΣΕΝ
ἀνεξοδίαστον ΑΝΕΞΟΔΙΑΣΤΟΝ
Chronological Data:
151 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • ILBulg 428.
  • IGBulg 0600; tab. 30, 600.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Bulgaria
ancient find spot:
Nicopolis ad Istrum, bei
modern find spot:
Pavlikeni
find spot:
modern region:
Veliko Târnovo
present location:
Veliko Tŭrnovo, Arh. Muz.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
height:
93 cm
width:
135 cm
depth:
17 cm
letter size:
6-4 cm
decoration:
present

Commentary

 
Tabula ansata.

People

Person 1
Name:
Agathodorus Diophanis / Ἀγαθόδωρος Διοφάνου
Cognomen:
Agathodorus / Ἀγαθόδωρος
Origo:
Νεικεύς
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Diophanis / Διοφάνου
Cognomen:
Diophanes / Διοφάνης
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD042811
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2009-04-21 by Cowey
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