Inscription Database

Epitaph from Colonia Claudia Augusta? Agrippinensium – Köln (Germania inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD067614 (Last Updates: 2020-03-03, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
Hoc hoc sepulcrum respice HOC HOC SEPVLCRVM RESPICE
qui carmen et musas amas QVI CARMEN ET MVSAS AMAS
et nostra communi lege ET NOSTRA COMMVNI LEGE
lacrimanda titulo nomina LACRIMANDA TITVLO NOMINA
nam nobis pueris simul NAM NOBIS PVERIS SIMVL
ars varia par aetas erat ARS VARIA PAR AETAS ERAT
ego consonanti fistula EGO CONSONANTI FISTVLA
Sidonius acris perstrepens SIDONIVS ACRIS PERSTREPENS
hoc carmen haec ara hic cini[s] HOC CARMEN HAEC ARA HIC CINI[ ]
pueri sepulcrum est Xantiae PVERI SEPVLCRVM EST XANTIAE
qui morte acerba raptus est QVI MORTE ACERBA RAPTVS EST
iam doctus in compendia IAM DOCTVS IN COMPENDIA
tot literarum et nominum TOT LITERARVM ET NOMINVM
notare currenti stilo NOTARE CVRRENTI STILO
quod lingua currens diceret QVOD LINGVA CVRRENS DICERET
iam nemo superaret legen[s] IAM NEMO SVPERARET LEGEN[ ]
iam voce erili coeperat IAM VOCE ERILI COEPERAT
ad omne dictatum volans AD OMNE DICTATVM VOLANS
aurem vocari ad proximam AVREM VOCARI AD PROXIMAM
heu morte propera concidit HEV MORTE PROPERA CONCIDIT
arcana qui solus sui ARCANA QVI SOLVS SVI
sciturus domini fuit SCITVRVS DOMINI FVIT
Chronological Data:
331 AD – 370 AD
Literature:
  • AE 2006, 0873.
  • CIL 13, 08355.
  • ILS 7756.
  • CLE 0219.
  • A. Chessa, BStudLat 35, 2005, 590-603. - AE 2006.
  • B. Galsterer - H. Galsterer, Die römischen Steininschriften aus Köln, IKöln (2.
  • Aufl.) (Mainz 2010) 366-367, Nr. 440; Foto.
  • P. Cugusi, Per un nuovo corpus dei Carmina Latina Epigraphica. Materiale e discussioni, MAL 22 (Roma 2007) 100.
  • W. Faust, Die Grabstelen des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts im Rheingebiet (Köln 1998) 133, Nr. 137.
  • A. Kakoschke, Ortsfremde in den römischen Provinzen Germania inferior und Germania superior (Möhnesee 2002), Nr. 3.4.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Germany
ancient find spot:
Colonia Claudia Augusta? Agrippinensium
modern find spot:
Köln
find spot:
modern region:
Nordrhein-Westfalen
year of find:
1900
present location:
Köln, Röm.-Germ. Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Kalkstein
height:
71 cm
width:
48 cm
depth:
7 cm

People

Person 1
Name:
Sidonius
Cognomen:
Sidonius
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Xantiae
Cognomen:
Xantias
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD067614
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-03-03 by Feraudi
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