Epitaph for Chresto set up by his wife Corinthias from Bostra (BOS0115)
Dublin Core
Title
Epitaph for Chresto set up by his wife Corinthias from Bostra (BOS0115)
Description
Latin funerary inscription dedicated to Chresto by his wife Corinthias from Bostra, 3rd c. CE
Source
Publisher
IGLS 13, 1, 9177 via Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (HAdW) resp. Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (EDH) [http://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD000765 (last update: 27 December 2013)]
Date
Format
Basalt
Language
Identifier
BOS0115
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
78cm(height) x 35.5cm (width) x 17cm (depth)
Diplomatic
DMS
CHRESTO
SANCTISSIMO
MARITO CORIN
THIAS DVLCIS
SIMA VXOR BE
NE MERENTI
FECIT
CHRESTO
SANCTISSIMO
MARITO CORIN
THIAS DVLCIS
SIMA VXOR BE
NE MERENTI
FECIT
Edition
D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) / Chresto / sanctissimo / marito Corin/thias dulcis/sima uxor be/ne merenti / fecit
Translation
Dis Manibus Sacrum.
Corinthias, most dear wife, made (this) for (her) most pius well-deserving husband, Chresto.
Corinthias, most dear wife, made (this) for (her) most pius well-deserving husband, Chresto.
Diplomatic Constituted From
IGLS 13, 1, 9177 via Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (HAdW) resp. Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (EDH) [http://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD000765 (last update: 27 December 2013)]
Translation Constituted From
WIRE project
Letters
3.5-5.5cm
Name 1
Name 2
Selected Bibliography
Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie 13, 1, 9177
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (HAdW) resp. Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (EDH) [http://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD000765 (last update: 27 December 2013)]
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (HAdW) resp. Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (EDH) [http://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD000765 (last update: 27 December 2013)]
Citation
“Epitaph for Chresto set up by his wife Corinthias from Bostra (BOS0115),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/69.