Inscription Database
Inscription from Constantinopolis, obeliscus Theodosii – İstanbul, Fatih (Thracia)
Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD065179
(Last Updates: 2015-02-10, Cowey)
Transcription | Majuscle |
Difficilis quondam dominis parere serenis | DIFFICILIS QVONDAM DOMINIS PARERE SERENIS |
iussus et extinctis palmam portare tyrannis | IVSSVS ET EXTINCTIS PALMAM PORTARE TYRANNIS |
omnia Theodosio cedunt subolique perenni | OMNIA THEODOSIO CEDVNT SVBOLIQVE PERENNI |
ter denis sic victus ego d[o]mitusque diebus | TER DENIS SIC VICTVS EGO D[ ]MITVSQVE DIEBVS |
iudice sub Proclo su[per]as elatus ad auras | IVDICE SVB PROCLO SV[ ]AS ELATVS AD AVRAS |
κίονα τετράπλευρον ἀεὶ χθονὶ κείμενον ἄχθος | ΚΙΟΝΑ ΤΕΤΡΑΠΛΕΥΡΟΝ ΑΕΙ ΧΘΟΝΙ ΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΝ ΑΧΘΟΣ |
μοῦνος ἀναστῆσαι Θευδόσιος βασιλεύς | ΜΟΥΝΟΣ ΑΝΑΣΤΗΣΑΙ ΘΕΥΔΟΣΙΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ |
τολμήσας Πρόκλος ἐπεκέκλετο καὶ τόσος ἔστη | ΤΟΛΜΗΣΑΣ ΠΡΟΚΛΟΣ ΕΠΕΚΕΚΛΕΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΣΟΣ ΕΣΤΗ |
κίων ἠελίοις ἐν τριάκοντα δύω | ΚΙΩΝ ΗΕΛΙΟΙΣ ΕΝ ΤΡΙΑΚΟΝΤΑ ΔΥΩ |
Chronological Data:
388 AD – 392 AD
388 AD – 392 AD
Literature:
- CIL 03, 00737.
- CIL 03, 00737 add. p. 990.
- CLE 0286.
- ILS 0821.
- AE 2010, 1523.
- P. Cugusi, RFIC 138, 2010, 452-454, Nr. 2. - AE 2010.
- PLRE 1 Proculus 6.
- SEG 39, 0651.
- SEG 41, 0591.
- SEG 43, 0478.
Find circumstances / present location
province:
country:
Turkey
ancient find spot:
Constantinopolis, obeliscus Theodosii
modern find spot:
İstanbul, Fatih
find spot:
modern region:
İstanbul
Type of inscription / language
language:
Greek-Latin
Type of monument
decoration:
present
Commentary
Sogenannter Theodosiusobelisk. Hexameter bei den lateinischen Zeilen. Bei den griechischen Zeilen handelt es sich um Elegische Distichen.
People
Person 1
Name:
Theodosio / Θευδόσιος
Cognomen:
Theodosius / Θευδόσιος
gender:
male
Status:
emperor / imperial household
Person 2
Name:
Proclo / Πρόκλος
Cognomen:
Proclus / Πρόκλος
gender:
male
General Data
HD-Nr:
HD065179
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2015-02-10 by Cowey
See Also: