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
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
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