Inscription Database
Epitaph from Mogontiacum – Mainz (Germania superior)
Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD055589
(Last Updates: 2020-12-18, Gräf)
| Transcription | Majuscle |
| Aram | ARAM |
| d(is) M(anibus) et innocen- | D M ET INNOCEN |
| tiae Hipponici ser(vi) | TIAE HIPPONICI SER |
| Dignillae Iun(i) Pastoris | DIGNILLAE IVN PASTORIS |
| leg(ati) leg(ionis) XXII Pr(imigeniae) p(iae) f(idelis) | LEG LEG XXII PR P F |
| Hedyepes et Genesia | HEDYEPES ET GENESIA |
| parentes | PARENTES |
| ut primum adolevit pollens | VT PRIMVM ADOLEVIT POLLENS |
| viribus decora facie Cupidinis | VIRIBVS DECORA FACIE CVPIDINIS |
| os habitumque gerens nec metuam | OS HABITVMQVE GERENS NEC METVAM |
| dicere Apollineus huic expletis | DICERE APOLLINEVS HVIC EXPLETIS |
| ter centum ter denisque diebus | TER CENTVM TER DENISQVE DIEBVS |
| invisae Parcae sollemnem cele- | INVISAE PARCAE SOLLEMNEM CELE |
| brare diem iamque ut esset gra- | BRARE DIEM IAMQVE VT ESSET GRA |
| tus amicis invidia superum cess[a]- | TVS AMICIS INVIDIA SVPERVM CESS[ ] |
| vit amari | VIT AMARI |
Chronological Data:
157 AD – 159 AD
157 AD – 159 AD
Literature:
- CIL 13, 06808.
- É. Espérandieu, Recueil général des bas-reliefs, statues et bustes de la Gaule romaine 7 (Paris 1918) 336-337, Nr. 5827; Foto.
- H. Schoppa, Römische Bildkunst in Mainz (Wiesbaden 1963) 30; Taf. 17.
- W. Selzer, Römische Steindenkmäler. Mainz in römischer Zeit. Katalog zur Sammlung in der Steinhalle (Mainz 1988) 181, Nr. 133; Foto; Abb. 30.
- W. Boppert, Zivile Grabsteine aus Mainz und Umgebung, CSIR Deutschland 2, 6 (Mainz 1992) 118-120, Nr. 87; Taf. 52 u. 53.
- J. Mander, Portraits of children on Roman funerary monuments (Cambridge 2013) 256, Nr. 454; fig. 4.
- W. Faust, Die Grabstelen des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts im Rheingebiet (Köln 1998) 142-143, Nr. 166.
- CLE 1590.
- PIR (2. Aufl.) I 796.
Find circumstances / present location
province:
country:
Germany
ancient find spot:
Mogontiacum
modern find spot:
Mainz
find spot:
modern region:
Rheinland-Pfalz
year of find:
1861
present location:
Mainz, Landesmus.
Type of inscription / language
type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin
Type of monument
type of monument:
altar
material:
Sandstein
height:
202 cm
width:
89 cm
depth:
53 cm
letter size:
6-2 cm
decoration:
present
Historical relevant data
religion:
names of pagan deities
military:
present
Commentary
Autopsie R. Wiegels. Metrik: Z. 8-16.
People
Person 1
Name:
Hipponici ser. Dignillae
Cognomen:
Hipponicus*
gender:
male
Status:
slaves
Person 2
Name:
Dignillae
Cognomen:
Dignilla*
gender:
female
Person 3
Name:
Iun. Pastoris
Praenomen:
[-]
Nomen:
Iunius*
Cognomen:
Pastor
gender:
male
Status:
senatorial order
PIR:
PIR (2. Aufl.) I 796
Person 4
Name:
Hedyepes
Cognomen:
Hedyepes
gender:
male
Person 5
Name:
Genesia
Cognomen:
Genesia
gender:
female
General Data
HD-Nr:
HD055589
Work Status:
checked through autopsy
Last Update:
2020-12-18 by Gräf
See Also:
