Subject
Epitaph bearing an inscription in Latin, coming from a columbarium on the Via Appia (CIL VI.7580). There, inside a niche, lie the bones and ashes of Pinnia Didyma, positioned by Titus Pinnius Hermes.
You read: OSSA · CINERESQVE · PINNIAE · DIDYME · AN · IMAE BONAE · ET · SANCTAE · HIC·INTVS BENE · POSITA · QVIESCVNT · T · PINNIVS · HERMES CONLIBERTAE · SIBI CARISSIMAE · ET BENE · MERENTI · FECIT.
Transliteration: Ossa cineresque Pinniae Didym(a)e animae bonae et sanctae hic intus bene posita quiescunt T(itus) Pinnius Hermes conlibertae sibi carissimae et bene merenti fecit.
Translation: “The bones and ashes of Pinnia Didyma, of good and pious spirit, rest here, well positioned. Titus Pinnius Hermes made (this) for the dearly beloved and well-deserving freedwoman of his same owner”.
Accession number 1867,0508.63
Marble
54.61 cm x 30.48 cm
Provenance
Found on the Via Appia
Placement
The British Museum (storage)
Credits
The British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1867-0508-63
References
G. Henzen – I.B. De Rossi – E. Bormann, C. Huelsen, M. Bang et al., CIL VI/ Inscriptiones urbis Romae Latinae (7580), Berlin, 1876-.
