Inscription Database

Epitaph from Mesagne (Apulia et Calabria (Regio II))

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD003919 (Last Updates: 2010-06-21, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
Birria Cognit[a] BIRRIA COGNIT[ ]
P(ubli) Birri Galli nut(rix) P BIRRI GALLI NVT
v(ixit) a(nnos) LX h(ic) s(ita) V A LX H S
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 100 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1980, 0326.
  • C. Marangio, Studi storico-linguistici in onore di Francesco Ribezzo (Mesagne 1978) 90-92, Nr. 29; tav. 7b. - AE.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Italy
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Puglia

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
decoration:
present

Commentary

 
Fundumstände der Inschrift unbekannt. Z. 2: letzter Buchstabe schlecht zu lesen: eher T als I.

People

Person 1
Name:
Birria Cognit[a]
Nomen:
Birria
Cognomen:
Cognita+
gender:
female
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen
Age: Years:
60
Person 2
Name:
P. Birri Galli
Praenomen:
P.
Nomen:
Birrius
Cognomen:
Gallus
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD003919
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2010-06-21 by Feraudi
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