Inscription Database

Epitaph from Thessalonica – Thessaloníki (Macedonia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD051239 (Last Updates: 2011-10-17, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Spenis vixit ann(is) SPENIS VIXIT ANN
VI m(ensibus) VIIII d(iebus) XXIIX domi- VI M VIIII D XXIIX DOMI
ni et parentes Primiti- NI ET PARENTES PRIMITI
vus et Sotira dolentes VVS ET SOTIRA DOLENTES
fecerunt FECERVNT
 
Θεοῖς ∙ Καταχθονίοις ΘΕΟΙΣ ∙ ΚΑΤΑΧΘΟΝΙΟΙΣ
Σπῆνις ἔζησεν ἔτη ΣΠΗΝΙΣ ΕΖΗΣΕΝ ΕΤΗ
ϛʹ μῆν(ας) θʹ ἡμ(έρας) κηʹ οἱ κύρι- Ϛʹ ΜΗΝ Θʹ ΗΜ ΚΗʹ ΟΙ ΚΥΡΙ
οι καὶ γονεῖς Πρειμιτεῖ- ΟΙ ΚΑΙ ΓΟΝΕΙΣ ΠΡΕΙΜΙΤΕΙ
βος καὶ Σωτείρα πονοῦν- ΒΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ ΠΟΝΟΥΝ
τες ἐποίησαν ΤΕΣ ΕΠΟΙΗΣΑΝ
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 03, 07331.
  • IG 10, 02, 1, 00666.
  • SEG 43, 0461.
  • AE 1993, 1400.
  • D. Papakonstantinou-Diamantourou, Archaiognosia 7, 1991/92, 26-28; Pin. 3. - AE 1993.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Greece
ancient find spot:
Thessalonica
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Kentrikí Makedonía
present location:
Athínai, Epigr. Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Greek-Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
height:
41 cm
width:
33 cm
depth:
4 cm
letter size:
2.7-1.5 cm

Commentary

 
Wiederentdeckung des modernen Aufbewahrungsortes durch Papakonstantinou-Diamantourou (AE 1993).

People

Person 1
Name:
Spenis / Σπῆνις
Cognomen:
Spenis / Σπῆνις
Age: Years:
6
Person 2
Name:
Primitivus / Πρειμιτεῖβος
Cognomen:
Primitivus / Πρειμιτεῖβος
Person 3
Name:
Sotira / Σωτείρα
Cognomen:
Sotira / Σωτείρα

General Data

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