D[IS] M[ANIBVS]
L[VCIO] AELIO HETAERO ET
AELIAE CAPITOLINAE
PATRONIS
AELIA CHRYSOTHOE
LIBERTA B[ENE] M[ERENTIBVS] F[ECIT]
Translation
FOR LUCIUS AELIUS HETAERUS
AND AELIA CAPITOLINA.
AELIA CHRYSOTHOE, A FREEDWOMAN, HAD THIS MADE
FOR HER WELL-DESERVING PATRONS.
SOLEMNLY DEDICATED TO THE SPIRITS
OF THE DEPARTED.
Description
Funerary epitaph for Lucius Aelius Hetaerus and Aelia Capitolina, a married couple
Italy, AD 150-175, found at Cumae on the Bay of Naples, before 1857
acquired by Sir Charles Nicholson from the priest Giuseppe de Criscio, in Pozzuoli Italy, 1857-58, donated 1860
NMR.1069
