Subject
Epitaph bearing an inscription in Latin.
You read: ]ORIO ABASCANTO PREPVSA LIB · FECIT IN F · P · VIII ] IIII.
Transliteration: ]orio Abascanto Prepusa lib(erta) fecit in f(ronte) p(edes) VIII [in agro pedes ?]IIII.
Translation: “Prepusa, a freedwoman, made (this) for [?]orio Abascanto. (The tomb is) 8 feet wide, ? feet deep.”
Reconstruction of the epitaph (CIL): [D(is) M(anibus)] [Art]orio Abascanto Prepusa lib(erta) fecit in f(ronte) p(edes) VIII [in ag(ro) p(edes) VIIII].
Accession number 1867,0508.9
Marble
Height 25.40 cm; width 17.78 cm
Provenance
The place in which the inscription was found is probably Porta S. Bastiano, near Capo di Bove (CIL).
Placement
The British Museum (storage)
Credits
The British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1867-0508-9
