Subject
Epitaph bearing an inscription in Latin for Caius Cornelius Antistianus (CIL VI.16161).
You read: D · M C · CORNELIO ANTISTIANO CORNELIA · SABI NA · FILIO · PIENT ISSIMO · ET CORNELIVS THIASVS · PAT VIXIT · A · II · M · VI D XII.
Transliteration: D(is) M(anibus) C(aio) Cornelio Antistiano Cornelia Sabi/na filio pient/issimo et Cornelius Thiasus pat(er) vixit a(nnis) II m(ensibus) VI d(iebus) XII.
Translation: “To the spirits of the deceased. Cornelia Sabina and Cornelius Thiasus, (his) father, (made this) for an extremely pious son, Caius Cornelius Antistianus. (He) lived two years, six months (and) twelve days”.
Accession number 1805,0703.190
Marble
1st century B.C. – 2nd century A.D.
Provenance
Found in a columbarium close to the point in which the Via Appia and the Via Latina begin and in Ficoroni collection in years 1731-1733.
Placement
The British Museum
Credits
The British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1805-0703-190
References
B. Cook, Documenting the Townley Marbles, London, British Museum, 2013, n. 260.
G. Henzen – I.B. De Rossi – E. Bormann, C. Huelsen, M. Bang et al., CIL VI/ Inscriptiones urbis Romae Latinae (16161), Berlin, 1876-.
