Inscription Database

Epitaph from Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensium (= Philippi) – Krenides (Macedonia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD002492 (Last Updates: 2016-05-17, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Hic in pace requies- HIC IN PACE REQVIES
c[i]t in nomine C[ ]T IN NOMINE
[C]hristi Maurici- [ ]HRISTI MAVRICI
[us] vir clarissi- [ ] VIR CLARISSI
[mus] ex comite [ ] EX COMITE
Chronological Data:
401 AD – 500 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1983, 0890.
  • S. Pélékanidis, AEphem 95, 1955, 171, Nr. 12; eik. 59. (B) - AE 1983.
  • D. Feissel, Recueil des inscriptions chrétiennes de Macédoine du IIIe au VIe siècle, BCH (Suppl.) 8, (Paris 1983) 210, Nr. 251; pl. 59,251. - AE 1983.
  • P. Pilhofer, Philippi 2. Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi (Tübingen 2000) 105-106, Nr. 111. (B)
  • P. Pilhofer, Philippi 2. Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi (2. Aufl. Tübingen 2009) 118, Nr. 111.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Greece
ancient find spot:
Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensium (= Philippi)
modern find spot:
Krenides
find spot:
modern region:
Anatolikí Makedonía, Thráki
present location:
Phílippoi, Arch. Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Marmor
height:
(122) cm
width:
58 cm
depth:
10 cm
letter size:
6 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Historical relevant data

religion:
Judaism / Christianity

Commentary

 
Sek. Verwendung einer alten tabula ansata. Ursprüngliche Höhe: 187. (B): Nach Pélékanidis und Pilhofer am Anfang 4. Jh. bzw. 4. Jh. zu datieren. (B): Z.3: [Ch]risti steht im Text von Pélékanidis und Pilhofer.

People

Person 1
Name:
Maurici[us]
Cognomen:
Mauricius+
gender:
male
Status:
senatorial order

General Data

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