Inscription Database

Epitaph from Capidava – Topalu (Moesia inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD006854 (Last Updates: 2014-04-03, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
Dis M(anibus) DIS M
Basso patri BASSO PATRI
et Tsinnae fr(atri) ET TSINNAE FR
Zura et Tsiru ZVRA ET TSIRV
posuerunt POSVERVNT
vix(it) an(nos) LXX Ts(inna) VIX AN LXX TS
vix(it) an(nos) XV et VIX AN XV ET
Marti(ae?) con(iugi?) MARTI CON
v(otum) l(ibens) m(erito) V L M
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 150 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1980, 0799. (B)
  • S. Conrad, Die Grabstelen aus Moesia inferior. Untersuchungen zu Chronologie, Typologie und Ikonographie (Leipzig 2004) 192, Nr. 247; Taf. 78, 2.
  • IScM 5, 027; Foto.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Romania
ancient find spot:
Capidava
modern find spot:
Topalu
find spot:
modern region:
Constanța
present location:
Constanţa, Muz. Ist. Naţ. Arh.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Kalkstein
height:
(162) cm
width:
66 cm
depth:
15 cm
letter size:
3.5-3.7 cm
decoration:
present

Commentary

 
Oberhalb des Inschriftfeldes Totenmahlrelieff; in mehrere Teile gebrochen. (B): AE 1980: Z. 1: D(is); Z. 7/8: Zeilenfall nicht angegeben.

People

Person 1
Name:
Basso
Cognomen:
Bassus
gender:
male
Age: Years:
70
Person 2
Name:
Tsinnae
Cognomen:
Tsinna
gender:
male
Age: Years:
15
Person 3
Name:
Zura
Cognomen:
Zura
gender:
male
Person 4
Name:
Tsiru
Cognomen:
Tsiru
gender:
male
Person 5
Name:
Marti.
Cognomen:
Martia*?

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD006854
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2014-04-03 by Gräf
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