Inscription Database

Epitaph from Colonia Claudia Augusta? Agrippinensium – Köln (Germania inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD018981 (Last Updates: 2019-07-18, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
Hic iacet Marti- HIC IACET MARTI
nianus qui laeta NIANVS QVI LAETA
iuventae perdidit et IVVENTAE PERDIDIT ET
patribus lacrimas PATRIBVS LACRIMAS
dimisit in aevo hic vix- DIMISIT IN AEVO HIC VIX
it annos XXVI dies IT ANNOS XXVI DIES
XVI m(enses?) IIII(?) in D(eo) (v)ivit XVI M IIII IN D IVIT
Chronological Data:
351 AD – 430 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1956, 0253.
  • AE 1995, 1117.
  • F. Fremersdorf, KJ 1, 1995, 31-32, Nr. 22; Taf. 12, 4. - AE 1956.
  • B. Galsterer - H. Galsterer, Die römischen Steininschriften aus Köln, IKöln (2.
  • Aufl.) (Mainz 2010) 511-512, Nr. 763; Foto.
  • B. Galsterer - H. Galsterer, Die römischen Steininschriften aus Köln (Köln 1975) 104, Nr. 497; Taf. 102, 497. - AE 1995.
  • W. Schmitz, KJ 28, 1995, 673-676, Nr. 7; Abb. 10. - AE 1995.
  • M.-P. Terrien, La christianisation de la région rhénane du IVe au milieu du VIIIe siècle. Corpus (Besançon 2007) 116.
  • H. Nesselhauf - H. Lieb, BRGK 40, 1959, 204, Nr. 227.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Germany
ancient find spot:
Colonia Claudia Augusta? Agrippinensium
modern find spot:
Köln
find spot:
modern region:
Nordrhein-Westfalen
year of find:
1942
present location:
Köln, Röm.-Germ. Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
slab
material:
Kalkstein
height:
76 cm
width:
58 cm
depth:
16 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
Judaism / Christianity

Commentary

 
Christogramm.

People

Person 1
Name:
Martinianus
Cognomen:
Martinianus
gender:
male
Age: Years:
26
Age: Months:
16
Age: Days:
4

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD018981
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-07-18 by Feraudi
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