Inscription Database

Epitaph from Mompantero (Alpes Cottiae)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD065889 (Last Updates: 2013-07-18, Cimarosti)

Transcription Majuscle
M(arcus) Virius [M(arci)? f(ilius)?] M VIRIVS [ ]
Scaptia Celer SCAPTIA CELER
Florentinus FLORENTINVS
mil(es) cohort(is) XII MIL COHORT XII
praetoriae me- PRAETORIAE ME
ruit annis VII RVIT ANNIS VII
vixit annos(!) XXX VIXIT ANNOS XXX
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 100 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 05, 07258. (B)
  • ILS 2031.
  • A. Ferrua, Segusium 4, 1967, 41. (B)
  • E. Cimarosti, Le iscrizioni di età romana sul versante italiano delle Alpes Cottiae (Barcelona 2012) 221, Nr. 58; Foto Nr. 50.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Italy
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
Mompantero
find spot:
modern region:
Piemonte
year of find:
1808
present location:
Torino, Mus. Ant.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Gneis
height:
121 cm
width:
51 cm
depth:
14 cm
letter size:
5-4.5 cm

Historical relevant data

military:
present

Commentary

 
(B): Z. 1: CIL 05, 07258: M. Virius [---]; Ferrua: C. M[ur]rius [C.f.].

People

Person 1
Name:
M. Virius [M.f.] Scaptia Celer
Praenomen:
M.
Nomen:
Virius
Cognomen:
Celer
Tribus:
Scaptia
Origo:
Florentinus
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Age: Years:
30

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD065889
Work Status:
checked through autopsy
Last Update:
2013-07-18 by Cimarosti
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