Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD076253 (Last Updates: 2021-03-02, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
Optate (h)ic nomen signa- OPTATE IC NOMEN SIGNA
tum carmine tristi TVM CARMINE TRISTI
nomen dulce suis et lam- NOMEN DVLCE SVIS ET LAM
entabile semper Optatus ENTABILE SEMPER OPTATVS
gen<it=TI>ur et mater Nemesia GENTIVR ET MATER NEMESIA
deflet iniqua o mise- DEFLET INIQVA O MISE
ri fatorum sorte pa- RI FATORVM SORTE PA
rentes parvula quis rapta RENTES PARVVLA QVIS RAPTA
est a<t=I>q(ue) unica h(e)u male EST AIQ VNICA HV MALE
mensis post decimum nonu(s) MENSIS POST DECIMVM NONV
clausit prop(e)rantia fata CLAVSIT PROPRANTIA FATA
Chronological Data:
301 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 13, 08410.
  • CLE 0614.
  • B. Galsterer - H. Galsterer, Die römischen Steininschriften aus Köln, IKöln (2.
  • Aufl.) (Mainz 2010) 439, Nr. 567; Foto.
  • P. Cugusi, Per un nuovo corpus dei Carmina Latina Epigraphica. Materiale e discussioni, MAL 22 (Roma 2007) 206.

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:
1821
present location:
Köln, S. Gereon, Kirche

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Kalkstein
height:
(48) cm
width:
48 cm

People

Person 1
Name:
Optate
Cognomen:
Optata
gender:
female
Age: Months:
10
Person 2
Name:
Optatus
Cognomen:
Optatus
gender:
male
Person 3
Name:
Nemesia
Cognomen:
Nemesia
gender:
female

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD076253
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2021-03-02 by Feraudi
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