Marble funerary inscription for Valentina from Caesarea Maritima
Dublin Core
Title
Marble funerary inscription for Valentina from Caesarea Maritima
Description
A Phoenician marble funerary sculpture on an unfinished sarcophagus, dedicated to Valentina by her husband Iulius Tiberianus.
Source
Publisher
CIIP2: 1352
Format
Marble
Language
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
H 56cm
W 59cm
D 14cm
W 59cm
D 14cm
Decoration
Six line Latin inscription with ivy leaf at the end of the last line
Language
Diplomatic
[--] VALE [.]
TINAE CONG[.]
IVL TIBERIA
NVS LEG X FR
MARIT ET IVL IVL
IANVS FIL (hedera)
TINAE CONG[.]
IVL TIBERIA
NVS LEG X FR
MARIT ET IVL IVL
IANVS FIL (hedera)
Edition
[--] Vale[n]tinae con(iu)g[i]
Iul(ius) Tiberia|nus (centurio)
leg(ionis) X Fr(etenis) |
marit(us) et Iul(ius) Iul|ianus fil(ius)
Iul(ius) Tiberia|nus (centurio)
leg(ionis) X Fr(etenis) |
marit(us) et Iul(ius) Iul|ianus fil(ius)
Translation
To Iulia(?) Valentina, his wife. Iulius Tiberianus, centurion of the legio X Fretensis, her husband, and Iulius Iulianus, her son (buried her)
Diplomatic Constituted From
CIIP2
Edition Constituted From
CIIP2
Translation Constituted From
CIIP2
Findspot
Kibbutz Sdot Yam
Original Context (if known)
Built into a garden wall west of the dining hall
Current Location (if known)
Kibbutz Sdot Yam Museum
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Name 3
Role 3
Selected Bibliography
CIIP2=Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae, volume II: Caesarea and the Middle Coast: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad, Ameling et. al. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2014. no.1352.
Citation
“Marble funerary inscription for Valentina from Caesarea Maritima,” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed October 8, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/730.