Marble Roman Epitaph

The origin of the epitaph of pope hadrian i volume 73 joanna story judith bunbury anna candida felici gabriele fronterotta mario piacentini chiara nicolais daria scacciatelli sebastiano sciuti margherita vendittelli.

Marble roman epitaph.

Most of the latin inscriptions now in the jhu museum were acquired by harry langford wilson in the winter of 1906 1907 in rome. Two arguments have been proposed hitherto for the origin of the stone and thus the location of the workshop where the epitaph was made. Wilson was professor of roman archaeology and epigraphy at johns hopkins and stayed at the american academy in rome during the academic year of 1906 1907 which gave him the chance to purchase the inscriptions and have them shipped to baltimore. Cil 1 2 10 latin text.

The epitaph of allia potestas gives an intriguing insight into the sexual mores of the ancient romans. Latin epitaphs translated by e h warmington. The letters are between 2 3 and 3 4 cm in height. Open a larger version of the following image in a popup.

In 1888 de rossi argued on the basis. Death caused all your virtues your honour good report and valiance your glory and your talents to be short lived. The romans often used such inscriptions to record very precise details about the deceased such as their age occupation and life history. The inscription considered to be one of the most interesting of latin epitaphs is unique because it contains both typical epitaphic information and more personal and sexual details.

She is known only through her epitaph found on a marble tablet in via pinciana rome in 1912. Commemorating the loss of a child it presents a boy and his dog accompanied by a touching inscription in latin which can be translated to the departed spirit of anthus. Publius cornelius scipio probably a son of scipio africanus. Carved in a white marble.

Height 21cm width 23 2cm. Allia potestas was a freedwoman from the roman town of perugia who lived sometime during the 1st 4th centuries ce. The largest group of roman inscriptions comprises epitaphs on funerary monuments. On the front two pieces of a sarcophagus.

Despite its unusual character the black marble of hadrian s epitaph has been subject to much less analysis than other aspects of its manufacture. A pedimented slab with acroteria ornaments inscribed with an epitaph to a certain licinia amias and decorated with images of two fish and an anchor in addition to a wreath and ivy which is found between the common latin invocation d m at the top of the epitaph. Roman epitaph 2nd 3rd century ad. You who have worn the honoured cap of jupiter s holy priest.