Subject
Altar with the epitaph of Caius Oclatius Aprilis, in Latin (CIL VI.23221). The inscription is framed by a molding; two other boxes on the sides enclose a patera (on the right) and an oinochoe (on the left), respectively. At the top, a dentil decoration runs along all sides (except on the back of the altar).
Inscription: D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum)/ C(aio) Oclatio/ Aprili/ v(ixit) a(nnis) XXVI m(ensibus) V/ Aquillia/ Alexandria/ b(ene) m(erenti) fecit.
Translation: “Sacred to Manes; to Caius Oclatius Aprilis, (who) lived twenty-six years, five months, well-deserving, Aquillia Alexandria made (this monument)”.
Accession number MND 1738; MNDá1738; Ma 3902
Marble; engraving
Height 29 cm; width 11.5 cm; depth 7.5 cm
Intact; the letters of the inscription were repainted red
Roman imperial age
Provenance
Found in a columbarium of the Via Latina in the eighteenth century
Placement
Musée du Louvre (storage)
Credits
Musée du Louvre
References
CIL VI/ Inscriptiones urbis Romae Latinae (23221), Berlin, 1876-1894.
S. Ducroux, Catalogue analytique des inscriptions latines sur pierre conservées au Musée du Louvre, Paris, Musée du Louvre, 1975, p. 137, n. 490.
