Inscription Database

Epitaph from Mogontiacum – Mainz (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD078073 (Last Updates: 2019-04-26, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
[In hu]nc(!) s(e)pul(c)hro(!) [ ]NC SPVLHRO
[re]q(u)iiscit(!) Gen- [ ]QIISCIT GEN
N(?)arius q(u)i vixxit(!) NARIVS QI VIXXIT
a(n)nus(!) XXV[---] ANVS XXV[ ]
Chronological Data:
501 AD – 600 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 13, 11919.
  • ILCV 3544.
  • W. Boppert, Die frühchristlichen Inschriften des Mittelrheingebietes (Mainz 1971) 47-49; Zeichnung.
  • C. Kessel, MZ 113, 2018, 33-34, Nr. 11; Abb. 20. (B)

    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:
    1909
    present location:
    Mainz, Landesmus.

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    epitaph
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    slab
    material:
    Kalkstein
    height:
    (16) cm
    width:
    26 cm
    depth:
    11 cm
    letter size:
    2-2.5 cm

    Palaeography

    punctuation:
    guidelines

    Commentary

     
    Zwei aneinanderpassende Fragmente erhalten. Paläographie: Vorkarolingische Kapitalis I. Z. 2/3: möglicherweise auch Gen/uarius. (B): Kessel: Z. 1: S[P]VLHRO; Z. 2/3: Zeilenfall nicht angegeben.

    People

    Person 1
    Name:
    GenN(?)arius
    Cognomen:
    Gennarius?
    gender:
    male
    Age: Years:
    -25

    General Data

    HD-Nr:
    HD078073
    Work Status:
    checked with photo
    Last Update:
    2019-04-26 by Gräf
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