Inscription Database

Epitaph from Lugdunum – Lyon (Lugdunensis)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD000570 (Last Updates: 2013-12-18, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
[D(is) M(anibus) e]t m(emoriae) [ ]T M
[aete]rn(ae) Vindicin(i) [---] [ ]RN VINDICIN [ ]
[col(onia) Cl(audia) A]grippin(ensium) veteran(i) [missi] [ ]GRIPPIN VETERAN [ ]
[honesta mis]sion(e) ex aquilifer(o) [leg(ionis) I Min(erviae) p(iae) f(idelis)] [ ]SION EX AQVILIFER [ ]
[Vin]dicin(ius) Paternus [h(eres) p(onendum) c(uravit)] [ ]DICIN PATERNVS [ ]
Chronological Data:
197 AD – 275 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1982, 0711.
  • A. Audin - J.-F. Reynaud, BMusMonLyon 7, 1982, 65-70; fig. 3 (Zeichnung). - AE.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
France
ancient find spot:
Lugdunum
modern find spot:
Lyon
find spot:
modern region:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
year of find:
1982
present location:
Frühchristl. Basilika

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
block
material:
Kalkstein
height:
(75) cm
width:
(90) cm
depth:
53 cm
letter size:
13-7.5 cm

Historical relevant data

military:
present
geography:
present
social / economic / legal history:
present

Commentary

 
Y: Terminus post quem: Sieg des Severus über Albinus; Terminus ante quem: Lugdunum wird als Provinzhauptstadt aufgegeben. Sekundär verbaut in der Apsis der frühchristlichen Basilika.

People

Person 1
Name:
Vindicin. [--- col. Cl. A]grippin.
Nomen:
Vindicinius*
Cognomen:
[---]
Origo:
colonia+* Claudia+* Agrippinensium+*
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Person 2
Name:
[Vin]dicin. Paternus
Nomen:
Vindicinius+*
Cognomen:
Paternus
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD000570
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2013-12-18 by Feraudi
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