SII 38.35: original edition by S. Swaminathan

Alternative title: “No. 35. (A.R. No. 35 of 1912.) EGMORE, MADRAS CITY. On a slab lying near a godown in the government Museum.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record is in two languages. The first is in Greek. The lower half is in Latin.

It records that John Constantine, a native of Greece but born in Transylvania, was full of noble qualities, and wornout with works, departed in the Lord on the 17th, May, aged 52. He was made a perfect and functioned in the capacity for a long time. His brother George Constantine, a Christian, put up this monument of his gratitude and grief, in the year of our Lord 1727.

Language: Latin (lat) [Latin (latin)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv38p0i0035.

File path: SII38/DHARMA_INSSIIv38p0i0035.xml.

Version: 2026-05-13 11:59 (0b66879), last modified 2026-05-06 12:11 (70ebfd6).

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⟨1⟩ Atam [**] a [*] e Constantinus
⟨2⟩ Qui consummatus In Breui
⟨3⟩ Explenit Tempora multa. Ori
⟨4⟩ Undus Ex Dacia natus tatus ta-
⟨5⟩ men In Transiluania. Ple-
⟨6⟩ nus merits labaribus que
⟨7⟩ Confectus. Obüt In
⟨8⟩ Domino die XVII (May)
⟨9⟩ - Aetatis Suo LII -
⟨10⟩ Grati animi [**] lori Que
⟨11⟩ Monumentum hoc posuit
⟨12⟩ Frater que Georgius Const-
⟨13⟩ antius christiani [**] a
⟨14⟩ Anno Domini
⟨15⟩ MD CCXXVII

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 38.35 by Swaminathan 2019 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXVIII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1912. South Indian Inscriptions 38. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 43–44, item 35.

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