Inscription Database

Epitaph from Eburacum – York (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069946 (Last Updates: 2016-12-30, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[D(is)] M(anibus) [ ] M
Corellia Optata an(norum) XIII CORELLIA OPTATA AN XIII
Secreti Manes qui regna SECRETI MANES QVI REGNA
Acherusia Ditis incoli- ACHERVSIA DITIS INCOLI
tis quos parva petunt post TIS QVOS PARVA PETVNT POST
lumina vite exiguus cinis et simulacrum corpo(r)is um- LVMINA VITE EXIGVVS CINIS ET SIMVLACRVM CORPOIS VM
bra insontis gnate geni- BRA INSONTIS GNATE GENI
tor spe captus iniqua TOR SPE CAPTVS INIQVA
supremum hunc nate SVPREMVM HVNC NATE
miserandus defleo finem MISERANDVS DEFLEO FINEM
Q(uintus) Core(llius) Fortis pat(er) f(aciendum) c(uravit) Q CORE FORTIS PAT F C
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00250.
  • RIB 0684; Zeichnung.
  • S.R. Tufi, Yorkshire, CSIR Great Britain 1, 3 (Oxford 1983) 34-35, Nr. 52; Pl. 16, 52.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Eburacum
modern find spot:
York
find spot:
modern region:
North Yorkshire
year of find:
1861
present location:
York, Yorkshire Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Sandstein
height:
94 cm
width:
64 cm
depth:
18 cm
letter size:
4.9-3.3 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

Commentary

 
Hexameter.

People

Person 1
Name:
Corellia Optata
Nomen:
Corellia
Cognomen:
Optata
gender:
female
Age: Years:
13
Person 2
Name:
Q. Core. Fortis
Praenomen:
Q.
Nomen:
Corellius*
Cognomen:
Fortis
gender:
male

General Data

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