Inscription Database

Epitaph from Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensium (= Philippi), bei – Dikili-Tasch (Macedonia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD065101 (Last Updates: 2013-05-24, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
T(itus) Cottius T(iti) l(ibertus) T COTTIVS T L
Viriles VIvir Aug(ustalis) VIRILES VIVIR AVG
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) H S E
T(itus) Cottius T(iti) l(ibertus) T COTTIVS T L
Zosimus patrono et ZOSIMVS PATRONO ET
sibi et Cottiae Primae SIBI ET COTTIAE PRIMAE
uxori v(ivus) d(e) s(uo) f(aciendum) c(uravit) VXORI V D S F C
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • AE 2006, 1336.
  • C. Brélaz - R. Frei-Stolba - A.D. Rizakis - A.G. Zannis, BCH 130, 2006, 545-546, Nr. 7; fig. 9. - AE 2006.
  • P. Pilhofer, Philippi 2. Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi (2. Aufl. Tübingen 2009) 83-84, Nr. 74b.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Greece
ancient find spot:
Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensium (= Philippi), bei
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Anatolikí Makedonía, Thráki
year of find:
1995
present location:
Phílippoi, Arch. Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
altar
material:
Marmor
height:
134 cm
width:
70 cm
depth:
60 cm
letter size:
7.5-4.5 cm

Historical relevant data

social / economic / legal history:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
T. Cottius T.l. Viriles
Praenomen:
T.
Nomen:
Cottius
Cognomen:
Viriles
gender:
male
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen
Person 2
Name:
T. Cottius T.l. Zosimus
Praenomen:
T.
Nomen:
Cottius
Cognomen:
Zosimus
gender:
male
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen
Person 3
Name:
Cottiae Primae
Nomen:
Cottia
Cognomen:
Prima
gender:
female

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD065101
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2013-05-24 by Cowey
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