Inscription Database

Epitaph from Ancyra – Ankara (Galatia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD002392 (Last Updates: 2011-06-14, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
L(ucius) Pontiu[s - f(ilius) ---] L PONTIV[ ]
Seneca pr[imipilaris] SENECA PR[ ]
militavit i[n ala? I? Ast(urum)? et] MILITAVIT I[ ]
legione V M[acedonica] LEGIONE V M[ ]
decurio ann[is --- centurio] DECVRIO ANN[ ]
annis XXXII vi[xit annis ---] ANNIS XXXII VI[ ]
heredes ex test[amento fecer(unt)] HEREDES EX TEST[ ]
cura agente [---] CVRA AGENTE [ ]
Chronological Data:
51 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1984, 0886.
  • M.P. Speidel, Roman army studies 1 (Amsterdam 1984) 284-285; fig. 2, 1 (Zeichnung). - AE 1984.
  • AE 1981, 0786. (BC)
  • S. Mitchell, AS 27, 1977, 87-88, Nr. 28; pl. 10b. (BC) - AE 1981.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Turkey
ancient find spot:
Ancyra
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Ankara
present location:
Thermen

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
block
material:
Marmor
height:
75 cm
width:
(63) cm
depth:
30 cm
letter size:
8-4.5 cm

Historical relevant data

military:
present
social / economic / legal history:
present

Commentary

 
(B): Z.1: Pontius; Z.3: i[n Moesia? cum]. Inschrift durch rechts anschließenden zweiten Block komplett, der nicht mehr vorhanden ist. (C): Mitchell: L. Pontius ist decurio in den canabae der legio. AE 1981, Mitchell: Datierung: 1. / frühes 2. Jh.

People

Person 1
Name:
L. Pontiu[s - f. ---] Seneca
Praenomen:
L.
Nomen:
Pontius+
Cognomen:
Seneca
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD002392
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2011-06-14 by Gräf
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