Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD023176 (Last Updates: 2014-10-21, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[C(aius)] Velleius Plato dec(urio) [ ] VELLEIVS PLATO DEC
Philipp(is) sibi et PHILIPP SIBI ET
C(aio)Velleio C(ai) f(ilio) Vol(tinia) Platon[i] CVELLEIO C F VOL PLATON[ ]
medico an(norum) XXXVI h(ic) s(itus) e(st) MEDICO AN XXXVI H S E
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1935, 0055.
  • P. Lemerle, BCH 58, 1934, 472, Nr. 9; fig. 9. - AE 1935.
  • P. Pilhofer, Philippi 2. Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi (Tübingen 2000) 327-328, Nr. 322.
  • P. Pilhofer, Philippi 2. Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi (2. Aufl. Tübingen 2009) 382-383, Nr. 322.

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:
(63) cm
width:
(211) cm
depth:
13 cm
letter size:
15-10 cm

People

Person 1
Name:
[C.] Velleius Plato
Praenomen:
C.+
Nomen:
Velleius
Cognomen:
Plato
gender:
male
Status:
decurial order, higher local offices
Person 2
Name:
C. Velleio C.f. Vol. Platon[i]
Praenomen:
C.
Nomen:
Velleius
Cognomen:
Plato
Tribus:
Voltinia
gender:
male

General Data

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