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Epitaphs
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Common abbreviations discovered so far:
D M _the the gods/shades of the dead (Dis Manibus) DOM
L M--(this is the) place of the monument (locus monumenti)
v, vi--lived (vixit)
a, an, ann--years (annos)
cum quo/qua==with whom
dul, dulc==the sweetest (dulcissimo/ae)
bene merenti well-deserving; merito
h m n h s == This monument will not go to (my non-related) heir (hoc monumentum non heredem sequetur)
h s e == here ___ is placed (hic situs/a est)
sibi et suis == for him-/her-self and their posterity
dies--days
mens: months
h: horae
maritus == husband car, carissimo/ae: greatly beloved
conjugi--to a spouse
L f==son/daughter of Lucius--Luci filio/ae
M f==son/daughter of Marcus--Marci filio/ae
in f p, in fr p=across the front (i.e.. facing the road) ___feet (in fronte _____pedes)
in ag p, in agr p=into the field (i.e. stretching back from the road) ___feet. (in agro ____ pedes)
June 29 The epitaphs we will look at this week can be downloaded here ROMAN EPITAPHS 1 and 2 liners 2020.doc
June 22
the decoration of graves-esp sarcophagi. A few more abbreviations from Aquileia
The epitaphs we will look at next week (June 29) can be downloaded hereROMAN EPITAPHS 1 and 2 liners 2020.doc
June 15
The full forms (no abbreviations) of the Epitaphs from Aquileia. epitaphs EDR Aquileia .doc
June 8--for next time see how much you can decipher from the Epitaphs we started below (Aquileia),
You could also download this, also I will show it so don't worry if you have difficulty: epitaphs for gladiators without French.doc
We will use this file in the workshop today, so download or print it if you can: Epitaphs Aquileia originals.doc
June 1--we had an intro/discussion about all the places you would expect to encounter Roman writing, then watched this slide show with examples of many of those things
We also made a list of what we think might show up on a Roman tombstone:
Dates
name, family name
family relation--father of, son of
status
religion, patronal god
affiliation/brotherhood
"loving . . ."
military status/success
political role(s)
person who made the tombstone some kind of saying
ROMAN EPITAPHS 1&2 liners, hidden trans.2020.doc
Capitoline Epigraphy power point.ppt
Stones to be read
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
9i Bologna, Museo Archeologico, epigraphy 289
6, 25, 2, 5 26, 50, 7, 11 13, 27,41, 24, 43
1, 3, 6, 25, 40
2 4 5 26 50
7, 11 13, 27,41, 42
9, 12, 15 16, 30, 39
11, 17, 21, 23, 29, 34
18, 22, 24, 28, 33, 38, 43
Inscriptions Some Latin inscriptions, I Barrow, Greece & Rome , Feb 1934.doc
epitaphs for gladiators and workers.doc
ROMAN EPITAPHS w vocab.doc
SCCC epitaphs project, March 2014.doc
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