Inscription Database

Epitaph from Augusta Treverorum – Trier (Belgica)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD077297 (Last Updates: 2020-05-25, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Hic quiescit Vitalis qui HIC QVIESCIT VITALIS QVI
vixit annos <L=I>X[X]XV milit- VIXIT ANNOS IX[ ]XV MILIT
avit inter Io[via]n[o]s senio- AVIT INTER IO[ ]N[ ]S SENIO
r<e=I>s an(nos) XL coniux karissima RIS AN XL CONIVX KARISSIMA
titulum posuit TITVLVM POSVIT
Chronological Data:
401 AD – 430 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 13, 03687.
  • ILCV 0552.
  • E. Gose, Katalog der frühchristlichen Inschriften in Trier (Berlin 1958) 23, Nr. 75; Foto.
  • RICG 01, 071; Fotos.

    IIIF Manifest

    Find circumstances / present location

    province:
    country:
    Germany
    ancient find spot:
    Augusta Treverorum
    modern find spot:
    Trier
    find spot:
    modern region:
    Rheinland-Pfalz
    year of find:
    before 1845
    present location:
    Trier, Rhein. Landesmus.

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    epitaph
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    tabula
    material:
    Kalkstein
    height:
    69 cm
    width:
    82 cm
    depth:
    16 cm
    letter size:
    2.5-3.5 cm
    decoration:
    present

    Historical relevant data

    religion:
    Judaism / Christianity

    Commentary

     
    Unterhalb der Inschrift Darstellung eines Olivenbaums mit symmetrisch flankierenden Tauben.

    People

    Person 1
    Name:
    Vitalis
    Cognomen:
    Vitalis
    gender:
    male
    Status:
    military personnel
    Age: Years:
    85

    General Data

    HD-Nr:
    HD077297
    Work Status:
    checked with photo
    Last Update:
    2020-05-25 by Cowey
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