Inscription Database

Epitaph from Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa – Sarmizegetusa (Dacia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD019513 (Last Updates: 2021-02-25, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) [M(anibus)] D [ ]
Cl(audiae) Turpillae vix(it) a[n(nos) ---] CL TVRPILLAE VIX A[ ]
item ITEM
Caro Caes(aris) n(ostri) ve[rnae vix(it) an(nnos) ---] CARO CAES N VE[ ]
Herculanus A[ug(usti) lib(ertus)?] adiut(or) [tab(ularii)] HERCVLANVS A[ ] ADIVT [ ]
uxori et filio bene merent(ibus) VXORI ET FILIO BENE MERENT
fecit FECIT
Chronological Data:
151 AD – 250 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1959, 0303. (B)
  • IDR 3, 2, 402; fig. 325 (Foto u. Zeichnung). (B)
  • D. Tudor, Istoria sclavajului în Dacia romană (Bucureşti 1957) 248, Nr. 34. (B) - AE 1959.
  • C. Ciongradi, Grabmonument und sozialer Status in Oberdakien (Cluj-Napoca 2007) 268, Nr. T/S 10; Taf. 124. (B)

    IIIF Manifest

    Find circumstances / present location

    province:
    country:
    Romania
    ancient find spot:
    Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa
    modern find spot:
    Sarmizegetusa
    find spot:
    modern region:
    Hunedoara
    present location:
    Sarmizegetusa, Muz. Arh.

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    epitaph
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    tabula
    material:
    Marmor
    height:
    63 cm
    width:
    108 cm
    depth:
    12 cm
    letter size:
    4 cm

    Commentary

     
    2 aneinanderpassende Fragmente erhalten. (B): Tudor; AE 1959; IDR III 2; Ciongradi: Leseabweichungen.

    People

    Person 1
    Name:
    Cl. Turpillae
    Nomen:
    Claudia*
    Cognomen:
    Turpilla
    gender:
    female
    External IDs:
    Person 2
    Name:
    Caro Caes. n. ve[rnae]
    Cognomen:
    Carus
    gender:
    male
    Status:
    slaves
    External IDs:
    Person 3
    Name:
    Herculanus A[ug.lib.?]
    Cognomen:
    Herculanus+
    gender:
    male
    Status:
    freedmen / freedwomen?
    External IDs:

    General Data

    HD-Nr:
    HD019513
    Work Status:
    checked with photo
    Last Update:
    2021-02-25 by Gräf
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