Most of the latin inscriptions now in the jhu museum were acquired by harry langford wilson in the winter of 1906 1907 in rome.
Marble roman epitaph.
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.
Carved in a white marble.
Allia potestas was a freedwoman from the roman town of perugia who lived sometime during the 1st 4th centuries ce.
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.
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.
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.
The largest group of roman inscriptions comprises epitaphs on funerary monuments.
She is known only through her epitaph found on a marble tablet in via pinciana rome in 1912.
On the front two pieces of a sarcophagus.
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.
Latin epitaphs translated by e h warmington.
Publius cornelius scipio probably a son of scipio africanus.
Two arguments have been proposed hitherto for the origin of the stone and thus the location of the workshop where the epitaph was made.
Height 21cm width 23 2cm.
In 2020 a time of unprecedented loss and mourning globally this roman funerary altar is an exemplar of the enduring power of monuments.
In 1888 de rossi argued on the basis.
You who have worn the honoured cap of jupiter s holy priest.
Despite its unusual character the black marble of hadrian s epitaph has been subject to much less analysis than other aspects of its manufacture.
He died about 170 b c.
The tombstone of this ex slave from the town of perugia contains fascinating details about her daily life loves and sexual exploits.
Cil 1 2 10 latin text.
The letters are between 2 3 and 3 4 cm in height.
The epitaph of allia potestas gives an intriguing insight into the sexual mores of the ancient romans.