Inscription Database

Epitaph from Mogontiacum – Mainz (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD077999 (Last Updates: 2019-04-26, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
H(ic) iacet Florent(ius?) H IACET FLORENT
milix(!) vixit MILIX VIXIT
an(n)os viginti ANOS VIGINTI
et VI mensis(!) III ET VI MENSIS III
Chronological Data:
401 AD – 530 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 13, 07207.
  • ILCV 0421.
  • W. Boppert, Die frühchristlichen Inschriften des Mittelrheingebietes (Mainz 1971) 40-42; Zeichnung.
  • C. Kessel, MZ 113, 2018, 29-30, Nr. 8; Abb. 17 (Zeichnung).

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Germany
ancient find spot:
Mogontiacum
modern find spot:
Mainz
find spot:
modern region:
Rheinland-Pfalz
year of find:
1896
present location:
Mainz, Landesmus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
slab
material:
Kalkstein
height:
55 cm
width:
55 cm
depth:
5 cm

Commentary

 
Paläographie: Vorkarolingische Kapitalis I.

People

Person 1
Name:
Floren.
Cognomen:
Florentius*?
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Age: Years:
26
Age: Months:
3

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD077999
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-04-26 by Gräf
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