Inscription Database

Epitaph from Mogontiacum – Mainz (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD078001 (Last Updates: 2019-05-02, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
In hunc(!) IN HVNC
tumulum(!) re- TVMVLVM RE
quiiscit(!) QVIISCIT
puella nu- PVELLA NV
mine(!) Mune- MINE MVNE
trudis TRVDIS
qui(!) vixsit(!) QVI VIXSIT
annus(!) XXI ANNVS XXI
Chronological Data:
501 AD – 630 AD
Literature:
  • ILCV 3569.
  • W. Boppert, Die frühchristlichen Inschriften des Mittelrheingebietes (Mainz 1971) 68-71; Zeichnung.
  • C. Kessel, MZ 113, 2018, 39-41, Nr. 16; Abb. 25.

    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:
    1908
    present location:
    Mainz, Landesmus.

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    epitaph
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    slab
    material:
    Kalkstein
    height:
    (75) cm
    width:
    46 cm
    depth:
    12 cm
    decoration:
    present

    Palaeography

    Palaeography:
    chiselled (with remnants of paint)

    Historical relevant data

    religion:
    Judaism / Christianity

    Commentary

     
    Zwei aneinanderpassende Fragmente erhalten. Bei der Auffindung waren noch Reste von roter Farbe in den Buchstaben erhalten. Kreuzzeichen am Anfang von Z. 1. Paläographie: Vorkarolingische Kapitalis II.

    People

    Person 1
    Name:
    Munetrudis
    Cognomen:
    Munetrudis
    gender:
    female
    Age: Years:
    21

    General Data

    HD-Nr:
    HD078001
    Work Status:
    checked with photo
    Last Update:
    2019-05-02 by Gräf
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