Inscription Database

Epitaph from Mogontiacum – Mainz (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD077999 (Last Updates: 2019-04-26, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
H(ic) iacet Florent(ius?) H IACET FLORENT
milix(!) vixit MILIX VIXIT
an(n)os viginti ANOS VIGINTI
et VI mensis(!) III ET VI MENSIS III
Chronological Data:
401 AD – 530 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 13, 07207.
  • ILCV 0421.
  • W. Boppert, Die frühchristlichen Inschriften des Mittelrheingebietes (Mainz 1971) 40-42; Zeichnung.
  • C. Kessel, MZ 113, 2018, 29-30, Nr. 8; Abb. 17 (Zeichnung).

    IIIF Manifest

    Find circumstances / present location

    province:
    country:
    Germany
    ancient find spot:
    Mogontiacum
    modern find spot:
    Mainz
    find spot:
    modern region:
    Rheinland-Pfalz
    year of find:
    1896
    present location:
    Mainz, Landesmus.

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    epitaph
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    slab
    material:
    Kalkstein
    height:
    55 cm
    width:
    55 cm
    depth:
    5 cm

    Commentary

     
    Paläographie: Vorkarolingische Kapitalis I.

    People

    Person 1
    Name:
    Floren.
    Cognomen:
    Florentius*?
    gender:
    male
    Status:
    military personnel
    Age: Years:
    26
    Age: Months:
    3

    General Data

    HD-Nr:
    HD077999
    Work Status:
    checked with photo
    Last Update:
    2019-04-26 by Gräf
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