Inscription Database

Epitaph from Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa – Sarmizegetusa (Dacia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD013983 (Last Updates: 2013-09-24, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
L(ucius) Val(erius) Epi- L VAL EPI
gonus GONVS
vixit VIXIT
an(nos) XXXX AN XXXX
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) H S E
Chronological Data:
171 AD – 230 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1978, 0671.
  • I. Piso, Apulum 16, 1978, 192-194, Nr. 5; fig. 3. (B) - AE 1978.
  • IDR 3, 2, 454; fig. 359 (Foto u. Zeichnung).
  • C. Ciongradi, Grabmonument und sozialer Status in Oberdakien (Cluj-Napoca 2007) 140, Nr. S/S 2; Taf. 23.

    IIIF Manifest

    Find circumstances / present location

    province:
    country:
    Romania
    ancient find spot:
    Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa
    modern find spot:
    Sarmizegetusa
    find spot:
    modern region:
    Hunedoara
    year of find:
    1977
    present location:
    Sarmizegetusa, Muz. Arh.

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    epitaph
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    stele
    height:
    133 cm
    width:
    60 cm
    depth:
    16 cm
    letter size:
    5-4.5 cm
    decoration:
    present

    Palaeography

    punctuation:
    hederae

    Commentary

     
    Hedera am Ende von Z. 4. (B): Piso: Z. 4/5: vixit an(nos).

    People

    Person 1
    Name:
    L. Val. Epigonus
    Praenomen:
    L.
    Nomen:
    Valerius*
    Cognomen:
    Epigonus
    gender:
    male
    Age: Years:
    40
    External IDs:

    General Data

    HD-Nr:
    HD013983
    Work Status:
    checked with photo
    Last Update:
    2013-09-24 by Gräf
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