State of preservation:
good,
Dimensions:
145 x 72 x 20 cm, h (letters) = 4.8 - 5 cm;
Description:
the funerary stele has in the upper register a rosette framed by a crown of leaves tied with two ribbons;
Inscription:
D (is) M (anibus) / Ulp (ius) Vitalio / vix (it) an (nis) XVI [I?] / Fab (ius) Hatius / an (norum) L… X / Valentina / tit (u) l (um)? fetet Literary translation: Gods Mani, Ulpius Vitalio lived 16 years, Fabius Hatius 50 years (and something?), Valentina made the inscription (monument)
Place of discovery:
the Roman camp at Mehadia, reused to block the northern gate;
Observations, dating:
remarkable use of the word fetet (often found in popular Latin), sec. III p.Chr.
Place of storage:
Banat National Museum of Timisoara, inv. No .: IV 6364
Bibliography and databases:
I. I. Russu, Roman inscriptions from Praetorium (Mehadia), in Banatica no. 2/1973, pp. 110-111 (fig. 5). UEL 14970; HD 011450; EDCS-11200404
