Inscription Database

Epitaph from Andematunnum (Civitas Lingonum) – Langres (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD075176 (Last Updates: 2020-04-01, Osnabrügge)

Transcription Majuscle
Mallus Festi filius MALLVS FESTI FILIVS
 
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) H S E
Chronological Data:
1 AD – 250 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 13, 05804.
  • É. Espérandieu, Recueil général des bas-reliefs, statues et bustes de la Gaule romaine 4 (Paris 1911) 287-288, Nr. 3257; Foto.
  • M. Joly, Langres. Carte archéologique de la Gaule 52, 2 (Paris 2001) 118.
  • Y. Le Bohec, Inscriptions de la cité des Lingons. Inscriptions sur pierre (Paris 2003) 279-280, Nr. 495; Abb. 237.
  • J. Mander, Portraits of children on Roman funerary monuments (Cambridge 2013) 250, Nr. 423.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
France
ancient find spot:
Andematunnum (Civitas Lingonum)
modern find spot:
Langres
find spot:
modern region:
Grand Est
year of find:
1845
present location:
Langres, Mus. Art Hist. (Mus. Guy-Baillet)

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Kalkstein
height:
(103) cm
width:
45 cm
depth:
23 cm
decoration:
present

Commentary

 
Rechteckige Stele mit eingeschriebenem Dreiecksgiebel, in der Bildnische stehende Ganzfigur eines Kindes, in der Rechten einen Apfel(?) haltend.

People

Person 1
Name:
Mallus Festi filius
Cognomen:
Mallus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Festi
Cognomen:
Festus
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD075176
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-04-01 by Osnabrügge
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