Epitaph of Philtates

Edition

D(is) · M(anibus) ·
Phil·ta·tes
or·na·tricis
C⟦[.. 3 cm ..iae]⟧
5⟦Cattunillae⟧
· [C(larissimae) · f(eminae)] ·
do·mo · August(is)
Tau·ri·nis ·
con·ser·vi·
10eius

Apparatus

The central section of this inscription has been deliberately erased but reconstructed by Alfoldy 2001(ZPE 136: 233-38). AE 1978: 430 reads L.4-8: q[uae] vixit / ann(os) LXVIII / [ornatrix ex] / domo August(i)/ Taurine[n]s(is).

Translation

To the Spirits of the Dead, to Philtates, hairdresser of C[---iae](?) Cattunilla, clarissima femina, with her home at Augusta Taurinorum, her fellow slaves (set this up).

Commentary

Philtates was enslaved by Catunilla, who brought her to Lucus Augusti.

Bibliography

6588 1976, 311 1978, 430 2001, 1213 5015

Bibliography

AE: 1976, 311

AE: 1978, 430

AE: 2001, 1213

EDH: 5015

HEpOnl: 6588

Object Type

Altar

Date

CE 201-230

Modern Findspot

Lugo, Galicia

Ancient Findspot

Lucus Augusti

Conventus

Lucensis

Province

Tarraconensis

People

Philtates