Inscription Database

Epitaph from Augusta Treverorum – Trier (Belgica)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD078517 (Last Updates: 2020-04-03, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Quae iacet hoc saxo maternis moribus QVAE IACET HOC SAXO MATERNIS MORIBVS
aequa cunctorumque dolor casta Boethio- AEQVA CVNCTORVMQVE DOLOR CASTA BOETHIO
la nobiliter nata clarissima femina Amand- LA NOBILITER NATA CLARISSIMA FEMINA AMAND
i coniunx consimilis qui posuit titulum I CONIVNX CONSIMILIS QVI POSVIT TITVLVM
o quam saeva dies bissenos i<n=M>{p}tulit ann- O QVAM SAEVA DIES BISSENOS IMPTVLIT ANN
os qui(bu)s vixit sancte coniuge cum proprio OS QVIS VIXIT SANCTE CONIVGE CVM PROPRIO
Boethiola c(larissima) f(emina) vixit anni- BOETHIOLA C F VIXIT ANNI
s(!) XXV et menses VIIII dies III quae fuit S XXV ET MENSES VIIII DIES III QVAE FVIT
[uxor] Amandi v(iri) c(larissimi) annos XII et dies XVIIII [ ] AMANDI V C ANNOS XII ET DIES XVIIII
Chronological Data:
401 AD – 430 AD
Literature:
  • AE 2007, 0992.
  • H. Merten, in: A. Demandt - J. Engemann (Hrsg.), Konstantin der Große.
  • Imperator Caesar Flavius Constantinus. Ausstellungskatalog (Mainz am Rhein 2007) 279. - AE 2007.
  • H. Merten, Die frühchristlichen Inschriften aus St. Maximin bei Trier (Trier 2018) 45-49, Nr. 5; Foto.

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:
1980
present location:
Trier, Dom- u. Diözesanmus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

material:
Marmor, weiß
height:
41 cm
width:
49 cm
depth:
1 cm
letter size:
2-2.7 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
Judaism / Christianity

Commentary

 
Z. 1-6: elegische Disticha. Zwischen Z. 6 und 7 der Inschrift Darstellung eines Kreuzes mit Alpha und Omega und symmetrisch flankierenden Tauben.

People

Person 1
Name:
Boethiola
Cognomen:
Boethiola
gender:
female
Status:
senatorial order
Age: Years:
25
Age: Months:
9
Age: Days:
3
Person 2
Name:
Amandi
Cognomen:
Amandus
gender:
male
Status:
senatorial order

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD078517
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-04-03 by Cowey
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