Sunday, May 29, 2022

W/W: Together in the Tomb, CIL VI.18524

The two women who were buried together are depicted clasping hands, symbolism usually reserved for married couples. This tomb is currently located in the British Museum; you can find more information about it here.

Used with permission under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence, British Museum, Asset #391042001

Fonteia C L Eleusis H O Data Fonteia C L Helena

--CIL VI.18524

Fonteia Eleusis, freedwoman of Caia, and  Fonteia Helena, freedwoman of Caia, are buried here [hic ossa data]


CIL VI.18524

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Names:  Fonteia Eleusis, Fonteia Helena

Date: 1st century BCE

Works:  n/a

 

REGION 1

Region 1: Peninsular Italy; Region 2: Western Europe; Region 3: Western Coast of Africa; Region 4: Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean; Region 5: Greece and the Balkans



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 This tombstone, dating from the 1st century BCE, was found in Rome. It currently is located in the British Museum. Used with permission under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence, British Museum, Asset #391042001

 

Early Roman Lit: through 2nd c BCE: Republican Rome: through 1st c. BCE; Golden Age: 70 BCE to 18 CE; Silver Age: 18 CE to 150 CE; Age of Conflict: 150 CE - 410 CE; Byzantine and Late Latin: after 410 CE



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