Metadata Schema

Tombstone from Felix Romuliana

Entered

12/10/2017

Scribe

NMG

SEEDD Inventory #

RS.ZA.FR.2016.0045

Country

Serbia (RS)

Province

Zajecar (ZA)

Site

Felix Romuliana (Gamzigrad) (FR)

Pleiades ID# and Canonical URI

207395; https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/207395

Roman Province

Dacia Ripensis

Set #

Tombstone was found fragmented into two pieces, the tympanum and lower panel with inscription, but has been repaired and is now one whole piece.

AKA Inventory #

NMZ

AKA Title

Tombstone with Thracian Horseman and Grape Vines from Felix Romuliana

Findspot

Unknown context

Findspot Description

Found at Gamzigrad, Serbia in front of west gate of later fortification, in 1953

Findspot Attestation

Zivic 2011: 119

GPS/Spatial ID#

TBD

Medium

Funerary; Inscription

Material

White Limestone

Object Description

White limestone tombstone with inscription. Tympanum depicts man on horseback to the left. On the right side are a man and woman with a child in between them. The bottom portion of the tombstone consists of an inscribed panel surrounded by grape vines which stem from a kantharos in the bottom middle.

Date

Early 3rd Century CE

Patron

unknown

Production Marks

N/A

Iconography

Carved Thracian horseman and grape vines

Subject

Thracian horseman, grape vines, inscription, tombstone, funerary, burial, mourning