Inscription Database

Epitaph from Noviodunum – Isaccea (Moesia inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD002094 (Last Updates: 2017-04-20, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
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[Kr?]ystallus alumnus [ ]YSTALLVS ALVMNVS
Postumi praef(ecti) class(is) POSTVMI PRAEF CLASS
apud fluent[u]m I[b]e[r]ic(um) APVD FLVENT[ ]M I[ ]E[ ]IC
Romanus infans editus ROMANVS INFANS EDITVS
alumnus castris Mart[iis] ALVMNVS CASTRIS MART[ ]
Hibera postquam vider[it] HIBERA POSTQVAM VIDER[ ]
et Maura longe moenia ET MAVRA LONGE MOENIA
[n]acta quiescit Moesica [ ]ACTA QVIESCIT MOESICA
primaeve pubis indigus PRIMAEVE PVBIS INDIGVS
ut verna florum germin[a] VT VERNA FLORVM GERMIN[ ]
vento feruntur Thracico VENTO FERVNTVR THRACICO
Achelous alumnus ACHELOVS ALVMNVS
Postumi praef(ecti) c(lassis) POSTVMI PRAEF C
extima Cappadocum Ponti EXTIMA CAPPADOCVM PONTI
qua(e) iungitur orae me genuit QVA IVNGITVR ORAE ME GENVIT
tellus moenia sunt Tyan[ae] TELLVS MOENIA SVNT TYAN[ ]
Hermogenes genitor nom[en] HERMOGENES GENITOR NOM[ ]
[mihi erat] Acheloo artibus [ ] ACHELOO ARTIBVS
[excellens pra]editus ingen(io) [ ]EDITVS INGEN
[insignis mea f]orma homine[s] [ ]ORMA HOMINE[ ]
[mea funera acerba] iam gemitu [ ] IAM GEMITV
[plangunt iam lacrimis opus est] [ ]
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1984, 0793.
  • A. Vassileiou, RPh 57, 1983, 67-77. - AE 1984.
  • AE 1977, 0762.
  • A. Barnea, Dacia 19, 1975, 258-261, Nr. 4; fig. 2. - AE 1977.
  • IScM 5, 281; Foto.
  • AE 1980, 0841.
  • AE 1987, 0897.
  • AE 1989, 0639.
  • L. Gamberale, ZPE 77, 1989, 43-54; Taf. 2 b. - AE 1989.
  • H. Solin, Arctos 19, 1985, 198-200, Nr. 99. - AE 1987.
  • H. Solin, Arctos 15, 1981, 116-121, Nr. 75.
  • AE 2000, 1271.
  • P. Cugusi, RPLitt 23, 2000, 73-103. - AE 2000.
  • P. Cugusi, Per un nuovo corpus dei Carmina Latina Epigraphica. Materiali e discussioni, MAL 22 (Roma 2007) 77.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Romania
ancient find spot:
Noviodunum
modern find spot:
Isaccea
find spot:
modern region:
Tulcea
year of find:
1956
present location:
Bucureşti, Muz. Naţ. Ist. Rom.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
height:
(110) cm
width:
67 cm
depth:
12 cm
letter size:
2.3-3.5 cm

Historical relevant data

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

Commentary

 
Lesung / Ergänzungen nach Solin 1985. Cugusi: Forschungsgeschichte und neuer, abweichender Lesungsvorschlag (S. 98-99).

People

Person 1
Name:
[Kr?]ystallus alumnus Postumi
Cognomen:
Krystallus+?
gender:
male
Status:
slaves
Person 2
Name:
Postumi
Cognomen:
Postumus
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order
Person 3
Name:
Achelous alumnus Postumi
Cognomen:
Achelous
gender:
male
Status:
slaves
Person 4
Name:
Hermogenes
Cognomen:
Hermogenes
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD002094
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-04-20 by Feraudi
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