Tombstone of the "wife of good merit" (GER0201)
Dublin Core
Title
Tombstone of the "wife of good merit" (GER0201)
Description
Fragmentary tombstone from Gerasa (2nd - 3rd c. CE) with relief sculpture showing personal effects, including mirror. Made by unnamed husband for his "wife of good merit."
Source
Publisher
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," p.451, no.217, Pl. CXXXVIII:e, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Date
Rights
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," p.451, no.217, Pl. CXXXVIII:e, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Format
Stone
Language
Identifier
GER0201
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
892f5f38-a270-44d1-a6b8-64453b15e225
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Language
Edition
--- c]onjugi b(ene) m(erenti)
----] maritus fecit.
----] maritus fecit.
Translation
---- for a meritorious wife
----- her husband made (this).
----- her husband made (this).
Edition Constituted From
Welles 1938
Translation Constituted From
WIRE Project
Findspot
South of modern village.
Current Location (if known)
Reported in Gerasa Museum (inv. no. 91) by Welles (1938).
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Selected Bibliography
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," p.451, no.217, Pl. CXXXVIII:e, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Citation
“Tombstone of the "wife of good merit" (GER0201),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed September 13, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/3.