Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD023170 (Last Updates: 2012-04-16, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[M(arcus)] Velleius M(arci) l(ibertus) [Sym]- [ ] VELLEIVS M L [ ]
[p]horus Aug(ustalis) an(norum) L [ ]HORVS AVG AN L
[sibi et V]elleiae Primigeniae u[xori] [ ]ELLEIAE PRIMIGENIAE V[ ]
[---]IIVS [ ]IIVS
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1935, 0053. (B)
  • P. Lemerle, BCH 58, 1934, 466-471, Nr. 7; fig. 7. (B) - AE 1935.
  • P. Pilhofer, Philippi 2. Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi (Tübingen 2000) 326-327, Nr. 321. (B)
  • AE 2006, 1344.
  • J. Bartels, ZPE 157, 2006, 202-203, Nr. 4. - AE 2006.
  • P. Pilhofer, Philippi 2. Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi (2. Aufl. Tübingen 2009) 381-382, Nr. 321. (B)

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

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
height:
(61) cm
width:
(171) cm
depth:
16 cm
letter size:
13-11 cm

Commentary

 
(B): Abweichende Textgestaltung.

People

Person 1
Name:
[M.] Velleius M.l.
Praenomen:
M.+
Nomen:
Velleius
gender:
male
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen
Person 2
Name:
[V]elleiae Primigeniae
Nomen:
Velleia+
Cognomen:
Primigenia
gender:
female

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD023170
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2012-04-16 by Cowey
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