Inscription Database

Epitaph from Aquae Sulis – Bath (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD018599 (Last Updates: 2017-02-07, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
C(aius) Calpurnius C CALPVRNIVS
[R]eceptus sacer- [ ]ECEPTVS SACER
dos deae Su- DOS DEAE SV
lis vix(it) an(nos) LXXV LIS VIX AN LXXV
Calpurnia Trifo- CALPVRNIA TRIFO
sa l[i]bert(a) coniunx SA L[ ]BERT CONIVNX
f(aciendum) c(uravit) F C
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00053. (B)
  • AE 1953, 0133b.
  • R.P. Wright, JRS 42, 1952, 103, Nr. 2. - AE 1953.
  • RIB 0155.

    IIIF Manifest

    Find circumstances / present location

    province:
    country:
    United Kingdom
    ancient find spot:
    Aquae Sulis
    modern find spot:
    Bath
    find spot:
    modern region:
    Somerset
    year of find:
    before 1795
    present location:
    Bath, Roman Baths Mus.

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    epitaph
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    altar
    material:
    Oolith
    height:
    135 cm
    width:
    66 cm
    depth:
    22 cm

    Historical relevant data

    religion:
    names of pagan deities

    Commentary

     
    (B): In Z. 7 lib(erta) et coniunx statt l[i]bert(a) coniunx.

    People

    Person 1
    Name:
    C. Calpurnius [R]eceptus
    Praenomen:
    C.
    Nomen:
    Calpurnius
    Cognomen:
    Receptus+
    gender:
    male
    Age: Years:
    75
    Person 2
    Name:
    Calpurnia Trifosa
    Nomen:
    Calpurnia
    Cognomen:
    Trifosa
    gender:
    female
    Status:
    freedmen / freedwomen

    General Data

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