Tombstone of Verecunda (GER0208)
Dublin Core
Title
Tombstone of Verecunda (GER0208)
Description
A tombstone found in secondary use, dedicated to a great-granddaughter.
Source
Publisher
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg., no., pl.,, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Date
Format
Stone
Language
Identifier
GER0208
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
c3905acd-7785-4032-84db-38a2fdeca6a2
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
0.62 m. long
Edition
Ver(e)c[u]nda
pronept(is)
pudicissima.
pronept(is)
pudicissima.
Translation
Verecunda,
a most virtuous
great-granddaughter.
a most virtuous
great-granddaughter.
Edition Constituted From
Welles 1938
Translation Constituted From
WIRE Project
Letters
1.4 cm tall
Findspot
Khirbet esh-Shawahid
Name 1
Role 1
Citation
“Tombstone of Verecunda (GER0208),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed October 21, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/24.