Inscription Database

Epitaph from Mogontiacum – Mainz (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD078083 (Last Updates: 2019-05-02, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
Crispin[us] posuit titulum CRISPIN[ ] POSVIT TITVLVM
dulcissim(a)e coniugi suae DVLCISSIME CONIVGI SVAE
Maur(a)e qui(!) d[e]cretum ge- MAVRE QVI D[ ]CRETVM GE
nesi[s] conplevit(!) quod fui- NESI[ ] CONPLEVIT QVOD FVI
[m]us(!) uno con[i]ugio men- [ ]VS VNO CON[ ]VGIO MEN
ses X et dies XXVII qui(!) vix[it a]nnis SES X ET DIES XXVII QVI VIX[ ]NNIS
XVII et menses VIIII et dies XX XVII ET MENSES VIIII ET DIES XX
hunc titulum posuit Cris- HVNC TITVLVM POSVIT CRIS
pinus coniugi suae Maurae PINVS CONIVGI SVAE MAVRAE
in XP(Christ)o IH(s)u IN XPO IHV
Chronological Data:
301 AD – 430 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 13, 11918.
  • ILCV 3312. (B)
  • W. Boppert, Die frühchristlichen Inschriften des Mittelrheingebietes (Mainz 1971) 63-67; Zeichnung. (B)
  • C. Kessel, MZ 113, 2018, 38-39, Nr. 15; Abb 24. (B)

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:
1907
present location:
Mainz, Landesmus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
slab
material:
Kalkstein
height:
29 cm
width:
53 cm
depth:
9 cm
letter size:
2-2.5 cm

Palaeography

punctuation:
guidelines

Historical relevant data

religion:
Judaism / Christianity

Commentary

 
Vier aneinanderpassende Fragmente erhalten. Paläographie: Vorkarolingische Kapitalis I. Z. 10 (Ende): griechische Buchstaben XPO IHV. (B): Boppert; Kessel: Z. 1: p]osuit; Kessel: Z. 1: ti[it]ulum; Z. 2: dul[c]issi[m]e; Z. 3: [de]cretum; Z. 3/4: ge/nes[is]; Z. 5: con[iu]gio; CIL 13, 11918: Z. 6: XII DIES (Majuskeltext); XII et dies (Transkription); ILCV: Z. 6: XII dies; Kessel: Z. 9: coniungi.

People

Person 1
Name:
Crispinus
Cognomen:
Crispinus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Maurae
Cognomen:
Maura
gender:
female
Age: Years:
17
Age: Months:
9
Age: Days:
20

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD078083
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-05-02 by Gräf
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