The funerary inscription for a married couple of Terentii
1st—2nd centuries CE.Inscr. It. X, V 546. Inv. No. MR 3067.Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
The funerary inscription for a married couple of Terentii.
1st—2nd centuries CE.
Inscr. It. X, V 546.
Inscr. It. X, V 546.
Inv. No. MR 3067.
Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic Museum.
Origin:
Found outside Porta Cremona, Brescia, excavations of 1893.
Description:
| L(UCIUS) T(ERENTIUS) G(AIAE) L(IBERTUS) AMPHIO TERENTIA G(AIAE) L(IBERTA) RUSTICA LUCIUS TERENTIUS AMPHIO, FREEDMAN OF A WOMAN |
Perhaps this slab had covered a tomb of a married couple, as similar pieces from Rome and Ostia, or (less probably) it is a floor fragment bearing the names of the householders, two ex-slaves freed by the same owner, Terentia? possibly, Gaia Terentia. The prenomen LUCIUS taken by the freedman would have been that of Gaia’s father. A Lucius Terentius Varro is known from a Brescian inscription.
Note.
Mirrored shape of letter G was widely used in inscriptions as a sign designating a female owner of slaves regardless of her real name.
Credits:
© 2011. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
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Keywords: μωσαϊκό mosaic mosaics mosaica mosaici mosaik mosaïque epigraphia epigraphy inscription iscrizione epigrafia epigraphik epigrafik inschrift épigraphie roman romano romana romani römisch römische romaine ρώμη rome roma rom römisches gravestone funerary inscriptions epitaph in pietra tombale epitaffio grabstein-inschrift de pierre épitaphe mosaico terentius terentia terentii lucius gaiae libertus amphio liberta rustica inscr it x v 546 inv no mr 3067
