Θ[εοῖς] κ[αταχθονίοις]
Φήλικι, παιδὶ
γλυκυτάτῳ
θ θρέψας μ[νείας] χ[άριν]
TH[EOIS] K[ATAKHTHONIOIS]
PHELIKI PAIDI
GLUKUTATO[I]
θ THREPSAS M[NEIAS] CH[ARIN]
Translation
SOLEMNLY DEDICATED TO
THE SPIRITS OF THE DEPARTED.
FOR FELIX, THE SWEETEST CHILD
THE MAN WHO BOUGHT HIM UP (MADE THIS) FOR HIS MEMORY.
Description
Funerary epitaph for Felix, a young boy
Italy, AD 1-300, found at the Church of St Sebastian on the Via Ardeatina, Italy, before 1857
formerly in the collection of Giambattista Guidi, acquired by Sir Charles Nicholson in Rome, Italy, 1857-58, donated 1860
NMR.1091
