4918 - Epitaph mentioning Fortuna and Lucina from Mactaris - Henchir Ghayada
Description
D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) / Beccut iam pri/mum Iloni coniuncta ma/rito / virgo rudis tenera(m) quo me / Fortuna reduxit / vitae se
Code
4918
Title
4918 - Epitaph mentioning Fortuna and Lucina from Mactaris - Henchir Ghayada
Text of the inscription
D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) / Beccut iam pri/mum Iloni coniuncta ma/rito / virgo rudis tenera(m) quo me / Fortuna reduxit / vitae se<d=T> leti sedes sic fata tulere / hic hymno tedaq(ue) simul praeeun/te canebar / nunc vustis urnaq(ue) simul contecta / resedi / vixi dum licuit morum sine labe pudica / maternum nomen feci Lucinae fa/vore / natum progenui nostro qui no/mine vivat / ne fleat hoc nimium cui sum carissima / cordi / commune est hominum funebrem / [qu]erel(l)a[m ---] / [---]L[---]eia [---] / [---]rissima pia vixit annis XV [--- ] // Euthesia
Alternative text
Dis Manibus sacrum Beccut iam primum Iloni coniuncta marito virgo rudis teneram quo me Fortuna reduxit vitae sedT leti sedes sic fata tulere hic hymno tedaque simul praeeunte canebar nunc vustis urnaque simul contecta resedi vixi dum licuit morum sine labe pudica maternum nomen feci Lucinae favore natum progenui nostro qui nomine vivat ne fleat hoc nimium cui sum carissima cordi commune est hominum funebrem querellam Leia rissima pia vixit annis XV Euthesia
Textual source
EDCS (adapted by J.C. López-Gómez)
Language
Latin
Number of deities
2
Theonym 1
Theonym 2
Institutions and individuals involved
2
Dedicant/s
Other individuals
Religious notabilia
Hymnus / Urna
Location
AE
1969/70, 658; 2008, 1606
Further bibliography
Mactaris III, 16; CLEAfrique 25; CLEAfr II, 59
Last update
2022-01-09
