Funerary altar of Eutycheti Augustorum dedicated by Philumene (GER0207)
Dublin Core
Title
Funerary altar of Eutycheti Augustorum dedicated by Philumene (GER0207)
Description
A funerary altar for a freedman, Eutycheti Augustorum, an assistant in the public records (adiutor tabularium), dedicated by his 'dearest wife,' Philumene.
Source
Publisher
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.450, no.210, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Date
Rights
Jones, A.H.M. 1928. "Inscriptions from Jerash," JRS 18:144-178 (no.8, pl. XIII)
Format
Stone
Language
Identifier
GER207
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
1e567b09-0899-40c5-a178-dbf8e6491cec
Funerary altar Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
0.88 m tall
0.57 m wide
0.35 m deep
0.57 m wide
0.35 m deep
Description of Altar and Decoration
Large, simple altar with cyma recta moulding, acroteria and prominent inscription in monumental alphabet.
Location of Inscription
Front face between bands of cyma recta moulding.
Diplomatic
Eutycheti Au-
gustorum lib(erto)
adiut(ori) tabul(ariorum)
Philumene ca-
rissimo coiugi feci.
gustorum lib(erto)
adiut(ori) tabul(ariorum)
Philumene ca-
rissimo coiugi feci.
Translation
For Eutycheti Augustorum,
freedman,
assistant at the public records.
Philumene, his
dearest wife made (this).
freedman,
assistant at the public records.
Philumene, his
dearest wife made (this).
Diplomatic Constituted From
Welles 1938
Translation Constituted From
WIRE Project
Letters
5 cm tall
Findspot
South-southeast of Triumphal Arch in fields
Current Location (if known)
Reported in museum (inv. no. 47) by Welles (1938).
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Selected Bibliography
Jones, A.H.M. 1928. "Inscriptions from Jerash," JRS 18:144-178 (no.8, pl. XIII)
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," no.450, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," no.450, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Citation
“Funerary altar of Eutycheti Augustorum dedicated by Philumene (GER0207),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/23.