Inscription Database

Epitaph from Mediolanum – Milano (Transpadana (Regio XI))

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD001921 (Last Updates: 2011-09-21, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
B(onae) m(emoriae) B M
<D=O>esideria(!) qu(a)e visit(!) in s(a)eculo OESIDERIA QVE VISIT IN SECVLO
an(n)us(!) plus minu(s) XXVI fecit ANVS PLVS MINV XXVI FECIT
qum(!) Birginio(!) suo annus(!) XIII QVM BIRGINIO SVO ANNVS XIII
deposita est VX K(alendas) Febr(u)arias DEPOSITA EST VX K FEBRARIAS
Chronological Data:
18. 1. 401 AD – 500 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1982, 0406. (B)
  • M.P. Billanovich, Epigraphica 41, 1979, 162-163, Nr. 3. (B) - AE 1982.
  • A. Calderini, Epigraphica 1, 1939, 43-44, Nr. 3. (B) - AE 1982.
  • A. Calderini, in: Studi in onore di Carlo Castiglioni prefetto dell' Ambrosiana (Milano 1957) 210-211, Nr. 2. (B).

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Italy
ancient find spot:
Mediolanum
modern find spot:
Milano
find spot:
modern region:
Lombardia
year of find:
before 1955
present location:
Milano, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Ist. Filolog.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Marmor
height:
54 cm
width:
64 cm
depth:
3 cm
letter size:
4.5-4 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

punctuation:
guidelines

Historical relevant data

religion:
Judaism / Christianity

Commentary

 
(B): Z. 2: Opsideria - Epigraphica 1; Opsidiria - Studi; Z. 4: Birginio - Epigraphica 1; berginio - Studi, Epigraphica 41, AE; Z. 5: Februarias - Epigraphica 1. Birginius = Virginius möglicherweise kein Name, sondern eine Epitheton für Tugendhaftigkeit.

People

Person 1
Name:
<D=O>esideria(!)
Cognomen:
Oesideria (= Desideria)
gender:
female
Age: Years:
26
Person 2
Name:
Birginio(!)?
Cognomen:
Birginius? (= Virginius?)
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD001921
Work Status:
no image
Last Update:
2011-09-21 by Feraudi
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