Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 2197
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Funerary inscription of Sberentes, son of the Presbyter Marturius from Krivnya, Moesia inferior, undated.
(cross) Sberen
tes
filius Mar
turio presbite
ro
 
(following EDH, HD020767)
(cross) Sberentes (Sperantius?), son of the presbyter Marturius (Martyrius?)
 
(trans. M. Szada)

Discussion:

The name Sperentes is probably a late Latin version of the name Sperantius. The form "Marturio presbytero" is a deformed Genetivus.

Place of event:

Region
  • Danubian provinces and Illyricum
City
  • Krivnya

About the source:

Origin: Krivnya (Danubian provinces and Illyricum)
The inscription is on the block of stone found in Krivnya (Bulgaria) near the ruins of the fortress known as "Sin Grad." Dimensions: 43 cm width, 35 cm height. Size of the letters: 2-5 cm.
Edition:
Epigraphische Datenbank Clauss-Slaby 191114
Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg HD020767
 
V. Beševliev, "Zwei vulgärlateinische Inschriften aus Bulgarien", Klio 59 (1977), 265-266 (ill.)
A. Chastagnol, Année épigraphique 1977 (1981), no. 765
 

Categories:

Family life - Offspring
Burial/Funerary inscription
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2197, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2197