Sujet

Bilingual Funerary Inscription, A.D. 14-100. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Bilingual Funerary Inscription, A.D. 14-100. Additional Info: Roman law allowed formerly enslaved individuals to own others as slaves. This modest plaque commemorates such complex relationships. Its bilingual inscription, written first in Latin, then in Greek, reads “to Hygia, freedwoman of Calyx, freedman of the deified Augustus.” The plaque likely marked Hygia's final resting place within a communally funded tomb. In the Latin and Greek text, the name of the deified Augustus is placed first - an unconventional word order which may reveal the dedicator’s priorities. Addressing its audience in both major languages of the Roman Empire, the plaque commemorates a formerly enslaved Greek woman by foregrounding her indirect relationship with Augustus, Rome’s first emperor.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A66_460

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NA

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NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63,2Mo (2,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 37,7cm / 4960 x 4456 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italy close up stone limestone country Rome law color death ancient Greek Greece Roman text inscription location century antiquity image studio shot artefact concept close-up artifact closeup tufa antiquities slavery lettering slave funerary enslaved Colour capital letter bilingual Ancient Roman Ancient Rome inscribed 1st century Roman Empire object Unknown stone Caesar Caesar Augustus Augustus Octavian Gaius Octavius Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustos Augustus Caesar Emperor Augustus 1st century AD Heritage Art enslaved person inscription C?sar C?sar Augustus Texts Tufa (limestone)