Inscription Database

Epitaph from Halmyris – Murighiol (Moesia inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD042006 (Last Updates: 2015-06-15, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) Val(erio) Po- D M VAL PO
ntico et Val(eriae) NTICO ET VAL
Nene parenti- NENE PARENTI
bus b(ene) merenti(bus) BVS B MERENTI
Val(erius) Valens VAL VALENS
filius FILIVS
mil(es) leg(ionis) MIL LEG
I Ital(icae) I ITAL
posuit POSVIT
Chronological Data:
171 AD – 230 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1991, 1385.
  • AE 2011, 1140.
  • M. Zahariade, Dacia 34, 1990, 261-262, Nr. 4; fig. 6. - AE 1991.
  • A. Suceveanu - M. Zahariade, in: A. Suceveanu - M. Zahariade - F. Topoleanu - G. Poenaru Bordea (Hrsg.), Halmyris 1. Monografie Arheologică (Cluj-Napoca 2003) 121, Nr. 14; fig. 53.
  • S. Conrad, Die Grabstelen aus Moesia inferior. Untersuchungen zu Chronologie, Typologie und Ikonographie (Leipzig 2004) 182, Nr. 215.
  • M. Zahariade - C.-G. Alexandrescu, Greek and Latin inscriptions from Halmyris.
  • Inscriptions on stone, signa, and instrumenta found between 1981 and 2010 (Oxford 2011) 48-49, Nr. 26; fig. 67-68. - AE 2011.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Romania
ancient find spot:
Halmyris
modern find spot:
Murighiol
find spot:
modern region:
Tulcea
year of find:
1987
present location:
Bucureşti, Muz. Naț. Ist. Rom.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Kalkstein
height:
222 cm
width:
82 cm
depth:
13 cm
letter size:
5-4 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Historical relevant data

military:
present

Commentary

 
In 4 Teile gebrochen. Hederae.

People

Person 1
Name:
Val. Pontico
Nomen:
Valerius*
Cognomen:
Ponticus
gender:
male
External IDs:
Person 2
Name:
Val. Nene
Nomen:
Valeria*
Cognomen:
Nene
gender:
female
External IDs:
Person 3
Name:
Val. Valens
Nomen:
Valerius*
Cognomen:
Valens
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
External IDs:

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD042006
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2015-06-15 by Gräf
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