Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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CAES0148

Caesarea, Third century CE. Sarcophagus. Funerary.
Transcription

Valentinae coniugi optimae, Iulius Tiberianus 7centurio legionis X Fretensis maritus et Iulius Iulianus filius.

Translation

To... Valentina , the best wife. Julius Tiberianus , centurion of Legio X Fretensis, her husband, and Julius Julianus her son.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Fragment of a unfinished garland sarcophagus. The marble is Proconnesian. The sarcophagus is broken on all sides. The inscription is on a tabula ansata 0.34 m wide inscribed within a circle ca. 0.44 m in diameter; below is an unfinished grape-cluster. The face of the tabula is somewhat smooth, the rest is roughly worked with a point. Dots and dashes separate words. The 7-shaped abbreviation designates centurio and at the end of line 6 is an ivy leaf.

Languages

Latin

Dimensions

H: 56 cm; W: 59 cm; D: 14 cm

Date

200 CE to 300 CE

Current location

Kibbutz Sdot Yam Museum, IAA inv. no. 1998-7439

Figures

  • Ivy leaf end of line 6

  • 7-shaped abbreviation line 4

  • Grape-cluster below tabula ansata

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

Source of translation

No bibliography available for translation.

Other sources

  • Lifshitz, Baruch. “Notes Philologiques et Épigraphiques.” Scripta Classica Israelica 2 (1975): 97–109.
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  • Lifshitz, Baruch. “Notes Philologiques et Épigraphiques.” Scripta Classica Israelica 2 (1975): 97–109.
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  • Gersht, Rivka, and Ze’ev Pearl. “Decoration and Marble Sources of Sarcophagi from Caesarea.” In Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplementary Series, No. 5, 222–43, 1992.
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  • Gersht, Rivka, and Ze’ev Pearl. “Decoration and Marble Sources of Sarcophagi from Caesarea.” In Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplementary Series, No. 5, 222–43, 1992.
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  • Lehmann, Clayton Miles, and Kenneth G. Holum. “The Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Caesarea Maritima.” In Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima Excavation Reports, Vol. 5. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2000.
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