Inscription Database

Epitaph from Aquincum – Budapest (Pannonia inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD068491 (Last Updates: 2017-01-26, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
 
Aur(elio) Bito corn(icini) leg(ionis) II ad(iutricis) AVR BITO CORN LEG II AD
stip(endiorum) XVIII bello desi(derato) vixsit(!) STIP XVIII BELLO DESI VIXSIT
ann(os) XXXVIII m(enses) III et Vital(ino) filio ANN XXXVIII M III ET VITAL FILIO
vix(it) ann(os) IIII m(enses) XI d(ies) XVIII et Bitill(a)e VIX ANN IIII M XI D XVIII ET BITILLE
fili(ae) et Dalmatio filio et Quintili- FILI ET DALMATIO FILIO ET QVINTILI
{li}ano filio posu(it) Aurelia Qu(i)n- LIANO FILIO POSV AVRELIA QVN
til{i}la coniu(gi) et filibus suis me- TILILA CONIV ET FILIBVS SVIS ME
moriam MORIAM
Chronological Data:
171 AD – 230 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 03, 15159.
  • TitAq 0545; Foto.
  • A. Schober, Die römischen Grabsteine von Noricum und Pannonien (Wien 1923) 73-74, Nr. 158; Abb. 77.
  • J. Mander, Portraits of children on Roman funerary monuments (Cambridge 2013) 302, Nr. 678.
  • H. Ubl, Waffen und Uniform des römischen Heeres der Prinzipatsepoche nach den Grabreliefs Noricums und Pannoniens (Wien 2013) XXVIII-XXIX, Nr. 25; Taf. 10, 37 u. 38.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Hungary
ancient find spot:
Aquincum
modern find spot:
Budapest
find spot:
modern region:
Budapest
year of find:
1899
present location:
Budapest, Aquincumi Múz.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Kalkstein
height:
(250) cm
width:
98 cm
depth:
16 cm
letter size:
5.8-2.5 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present
social / economic / legal history:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Aur. Bito
Nomen:
Aurelius*
Cognomen:
Bitus
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Age: Years:
38
Age: Months:
3
Person 2
Name:
Vital.
Cognomen:
Vitalius*
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Age: Years:
4
Age: Months:
11
Age: Days:
18
Person 3
Name:
Dalmatio
Cognomen:
Dalmatius
gender:
male
Person 4
Name:
Bitille.
Cognomen:
Bitilla*
gender:
female
Person 5
Name:
Quintili{li}ano
Cognomen:
Quintilianus
gender:
male
Person 6
Name:
Aurelia Quntil{i}la.
Nomen:
Aurelia
Cognomen:
Quintilla*
gender:
female

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD068491
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-01-26 by Feraudi
See Also:

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