Inscription Database

Epitaph from Coptus – Kuft (Aegyptus)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD028809 (Last Updates: 2009-06-08, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
T(itus) Messius T MESSIVS
T(iti) f(ilius) miles T F MILES
leg(ionis) III Cyre(naicae) LEG III CYRE
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 100 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1911, 0088.
  • A.J. Reinach, Rapports sur les Fouilles de Koptos (Janvier - Fevrier 1910) (Paris 1910) 48-49; Zeichnung. - AE 1911.
  • AE 1911, p. 28 s. n. 124.
  • P.L. Gatier, BMusMonLyon 1, 2001, 39, Nr. 17; Foto.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Egypt
ancient find spot:
Coptus
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
block
height:
25 cm
width:
30 cm
depth:
9 cm
letter size:
3-5 cm

Historical relevant data

military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
T. Messius T.f.
Praenomen:
T.
Nomen:
Messius
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD028809
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2009-06-08 by Cowey
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