Inscription Database

Epitaph from Tarraco – Tarragona (Hispania citerior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD050135 (Last Updates: 2015-04-22, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
Optime magnarum [antistes] OPTIME MAGNARVM [ ]
cui maxima reru[m est] CVI MAXIMA RERV[ ]
[cura] [ ]
divinas caeli quas promis[it d(eu)s] DIVINAS CAELI QVAS PROMIS[ ]
arces ecce dedit sancta Crhisti(!) ARCES ECCE DEDIT SANCTA CRHISTI
in sede quiescis IN SEDE QVIESCIS
Chronological Data:
401 AD – 500 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1996, 0929.
  • HEp 07, 1997, 0960.
  • RIT 0937; Taf. 167.
  • M. Mayer, CEA 31, 1996, 46-48. - AE 1996.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Spain
ancient find spot:
Tarraco
modern find spot:
Tarragona
find spot:
modern region:
year of find:
1926
present location:
Tarragona, Mus. Paleocr.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
architectural member
material:
Gesteine
height:
(228) cm
width:
82 cm
letter size:
4-3.7 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

Palaeography:
mosaic

Historical relevant data

religion:
cult functions, Jewish/Christian

Commentary

 
Mosaik; rechteckiges Feld mit der Darstellung eines Togatus und der Inschrift darüber; Rahmung mit Flechtbandornament. Fundjahr: 1926 oder 1927. Metrik: Hexameter.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD050135
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2015-04-22 by Gräf
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