Inscription Database

Epitaph from Tomi – Constanţa (Moesia inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD044381 (Last Updates: 2015-11-02, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[Metrodoro --- Iu]- [ ]
[li Frontonis? liber]- [ ]
[to vix(it) an(nis) XXV Hermes] [ ]
[f]rater [eius v(ivus) f(ecit)] [ ]RATER [ ]
 
Μητροδώ[ρῳ ---] ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩ[ ]
τοῦ Ἰουλίου [Φρόντωνος?] ΤΟΥ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ [ ]
ἀπελευθέ[ρῳ ἔζησεν] ΑΠΕΛΕΥΘΕ[ ]
ἔτεσι κεʹ Ἑρμ[ῆς ἀδελ]- ΕΤΕΣΙ ΚΕʹ ΕΡΜ[ ]
φὸς αὐτοῦ [ζῶν καὶ φρον]- ΦΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΥ [ ]
ῶν ἐποίη[σε· χαῖρε] ΩΝ ΕΠΟΙΗ[ ]
παρο[δεῖτα] ΠΑΡΟ[ ]
Chronological Data:
171 AD – 230 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 03, 14214, 32.
  • IGR 1, 0644.
  • IScM 2, 261; Foto.
  • G.G. Točilescu, AEM 19, 1896, 96, Nr. 43.

Find circumstances / present location

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

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Greek-Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
height:
(152) cm
width:
(29) cm
letter size:
3-3.5 cm

People

Person 1
Name:
[Metrodoro ---] / Μητροδώ[ρῳ ---]
Cognomen:
Metrodoros+ / Μητρόδωρος+
gender:
male
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen
Person 2
Name:
[Iuli Frontonis?] / Ἰουλίου [Φρόντωνος?]
Nomen:
Iulius+ / ᾿Ιούλιος
Cognomen:
Fronto?+ / Φρόντων?+
gender:
male
Person 3
Name:
[Hermes] / Ἑρμ[ῆς]
Cognomen:
Hermes+ / Ἑρμῆς+
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD044381
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2015-11-02 by Cowey
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