Inscription Database

Epitaph from Carthago Nova – Cartagena (Hispania citerior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD037778 (Last Updates: 2011-01-20, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
M(arcus) Oppius M(arci) f(ilius) M OPPIVS M F
fore(n)sis ars hic est sita FORESIS ARS HIC EST SITA
flet titulus se relictum FLET TITVLVS SE RELICTVM
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 50 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1997, 0948.
  • R. Hernández Pérez, Faventia 19, 1997, 97-103; Foto. - AE 1997.
  • CIL 02, 03493.
  • CIL 02, 03493 add. p. 952.
  • CLE 0224.
  • J.M. Abascal Palazón - S.F. Ramallo Asensio, La ciudad de Carthago Nova: La documentación epigráfica (Murcia 1997) 382-384, Nr. 161; lám. 144.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Spain
ancient find spot:
Carthago Nova
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia
year of find:
before 1869
present location:
Madrid, Mus. Arq. Nac.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
height:
54 cm
width:
80 cm
depth:
19 cm
letter size:
6.5-4 cm

Commentary

 
Metrik: Z. 2/3: jambischer Septenar.

People

Person 1
Name:
M. Oppius M.f.
Praenomen:
M.
Nomen:
Oppius
gender:
male

General Data

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