Latin Inscription

Marble, 1st Century AD
Acc #: 113.71, James Logie Memorial Collection
Purchased

InscriptionA fine-grained white marble tomb inscription, with letters carved and painted in black. There are small ivy leaves used as word dividers. The inscription reads:

D            M
TVTILIAE SV
PERAE QUI VIX
ANN XXXV MIX
DIEBVS XVII
AMPLIATA SO
ROR B M FEC

Translated this means: “To the gods of the underworld for Tutilia Supera who lived 35 years 9 months and 17 days, Ampliata her sister set this up for her who well deserved it”.

 

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