Inscription Database

Epitaph from Aquincum – Budapest (Pannonia inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD068492 (Last Updates: 2017-01-26, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
 
Aur(elius) Bitus cornis(!) leg(ionis) II ad(iutricis) AVR BITVS CORNIS LEG II AD
filio carissimo Aur(elio) Vitalini(!) FILIO CARISSIMO AVR VITALINI
qui vixsit(!) annos IIII QVI VIXSIT ANNOS IIII
mens{s}es XI dies XVIII MENSSES XI DIES XVIII
pietatem filio suo PIETATEM FILIO SVO
fecit FECIT
Chronological Data:
251 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 03, 15160.
  • TitAq 0546; Foto.
  • H. Ubl, Waffen und Uniform des römischen Heeres der Prinzipatsepoche nach den Grabreliefs Noricums und Pannoniens (Wien 2013) XXIX, Nr. 26; Taf. 10, 39.

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:
sarcophagus
material:
Kalkstein
height:
72 cm
width:
135 cm
depth:
69 cm
letter size:
3-3.5 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Aur. Bitus
Nomen:
Aurelius*
Cognomen:
Bitus
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Person 2
Name:
Aur. Vitalini(!)
Nomen:
Aurelius*
Cognomen:
Vitalinus
gender:
male
Age: Years:
4
Age: Months:
11
Age: Days:
18

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD068492
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-01-26 by Feraudi
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