Inscription Database

Epitaph from Mogontiacum – Mainz (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD078109 (Last Updates: 2019-05-03, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
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s VI menses quin- S VI MENSES QVIN
que innox(!) pulc(h)er QVE INNOX PVLCER
carusque paren- CARVSQVE PAREN
tum(!) TVM
Chronological Data:
401 AD – 500 AD
Literature:
  • ILCV s. n. 4831A.
  • W. Boppert, Die frühchristlichen Inschriften des Mittelrheingebietes (Mainz 1971) 92-94; Zeichnung.
  • K. Körber, MZ 4, 1909, 29, Nr. 45; Abb. 41 (Zeichnung).
  • C. Kessel, MZ 113, 2018, 57, Nr. 32; Abb. 40 (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:
1908
present location:
Mainz, Landesmus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
slab
material:
Kalkstein
height:
(33) cm
width:
45 cm
depth:
15 cm

Palaeography

punctuation:
guidelines

Commentary

 
Metrik: Hexameter (ab MENSES). Paläographie: Vorkarolingische Kapitalis I.

People

Person 1
Name:
[---]
Cognomen:
[---]
gender:
male
Age: Years:
6
Age: Months:
5

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD078109
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-05-03 by Gräf
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