NY.NY.MMA.L.X.248.1 Itamar Levin Translation Itamar Levin Commentary J. Leite Editor Scott J. DiGiulio Brown University NY.NY.MMA.L.X.248.1 NY NY MMA X.248.1Unknown TM

epitaph of Gaius Porcius Dionysius

Rectangular marble columbarium slab

21.4 37 2.3

second to mid-third c. CE Italy, Pozzuoli

Entered collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at an uncertain date

Entered collection of Giuseppe De Criscio in ca. 1861.

 44 Metropolitan Museum Web Entry EDR177160

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 Transcription, translation, and metadata Revisions to transcription and translation; added hi elements to transcription added EDR link Corrected errors in transcription; added provenance, commentary, additional bibliography and refined some metadata following work of J. Leite tweaks to origin
Dis Manibus. Caio Porci o Dionysio ; vixit annis VIII, mensibus X, diebus XIII. Caius Porcius Dionysius filio dulcissimo fecit.

To the divine shades. To Gaius Porcius Dionysius; he lived 8 years, 10 months, and 13 days. Gaius Porcius Dionysius made this for his sweetest son.

Line 2: missing interpunct after Porcio; contrast with interpunct in line 5 following Porcius.

Line 3: significant crack down the center of M.

All letters in first four lines have orange staining around the carving; line 5 retains this staining until the "n"; line 6 until the "l" in dulcissimo; line 7 has no staining.

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