Inscription Database

Epitaph from Colonia Claudia Augusta? Agrippinensium – Köln (Germania inferior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD079900 (Last Updates: 2021-06-23, Feraudi)

Transcription Majuscle
Hic pausat HIC PAVSAT
Vit(a)lis an- VITLIS AN
n<o=U>rum IIII NVRVM IIII
Chronological Data:
401 AD – 600 AD
Literature:
  • W. Schmitz, in: L. Clemens - H. Merten - C. Schäfer (Hrsg.), Frühchristliche Grabinschriften im Westen des Römisches Reiches (Trier 2015) 87-89; Abb. 2. - AE 2017.
  • M. Trier, ArchRHein 2012, 21; Abb. 3. - AE 2017.
  • AE 2017, 1014.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Germany
ancient find spot:
Colonia Claudia Augusta? Agrippinensium
modern find spot:
Köln
find spot:
modern region:
Nordrhein-Westfalen
year of find:
before 2012
present location:
Köln, Röm.-Germ. Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Trachyt
height:
67 cm
width:
31 cm
depth:
8 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
Judaism / Christianity

Commentary

 
Inschriftträger sekundär verwendet (ursprüngliche Funktion vermutlich eine Türschwelle; Schmitz). Christogramm unterhalb der Inschrift.

People

Person 1
Name:
Vitlis.
Cognomen:
Vitalis*
gender:
male
Age: Years:
4

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD079900
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2021-06-23 by Feraudi
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