D[IS] M[ANIBVS]
M[ARCVS] LOLLIVS PRIMITIVS
NAT[VS] ITALICVS VIXIT A[NNIS]
XXXV MILIT[AVIT] A[NNIS] VII D[IEBVS] X
VALERIA PRIMILIA
CO[N]IVGI B[ENE] M[ERENTI] F[ECIT]
Translation
MARCUS LOLLIUS PRIMITIUS,
BORN IN ITALY,
LIVED FOR 35 YEARS.
HE WAS IN MILITARY SERVICE
FOR 7 YEARS AND 10 DAYS.
VALERIA PRIMILIA,
HAD THIS MONUMENT MADE FOR
HER WELL-DESERVING HUSBAND.
SOLEMNLY DEDICATED TO
THE SPIRITS OF THE DEPARTED.
Description
Funerary epitaph for Marchus Lollius Primitius, an Italian seaman in the Misenum naval fleet
Italy, AD 1-400
acquired by Sir Charles Nicholson probably from the priest Giuseppe de Criscio, in Pozzuoli Italy, 1857-58, donated 1860
NMR.1081
