HM361 Roman funerary plaque (courtyard bridge) before install (1)
Name/Title
Epitaph of Flavius Mocianus, eques singularis - copy (steps to bridge)
Entry/Object ID
HM-361
Tags
Pacifici purchase
Description
modern: epitaph of Flavius Mocianus, eques singularis (copy of AE (1954) 80).
gray stone stele
Funeral memorial, with portrait in low relief of a man in a toga leading a horse. Underneath is an inscription
Reportedly a calvary officer's sepulchral marker from the time of Trajan, found at Mt. Albano near Rome
1930 purchase from Pacifici
TRANSCRIPTION
D(is) M(anibus).
F ⸢l⸣ avio Mociano
equiti singulari ca(s)tr(a)e
prim(a)e ⸢t⸣(urma) Messoris . Militavit
5(scil. annis) XXII, m(ensibus) IIII. Aelia Festiva
con(iunx) (scil. cum) fili{l}is suis <h>eredes
b(ene) m(erenti) ⸢f⸣(ecerunt).
TRANSLATION
To the Divine Spirits. To Flavius Mocianus, peerless knight of the first camp in the squadron of Messor. He served for twenty-two (years) (and) four months. Aelia Festiva, (his) wife, with their sons, (his) heirs, made (this) for (him), well-deserving.
[USEP HCM.L.Tmp97.6.42-mdn]
Collection
Sculpture
Acquisition
Accession
361
Made/Created
Place
Location
Roman
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Headstone
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Tombstone
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Funerary Objects
Nomenclature Class
Ceremonial Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
General Notes
Note Type
1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (28)
Note Type
1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (35)
Note Type
1951 Tour Manual 013
Note Type
1930-05-17 from Pacifici (Piraino columns, soldiers tombs)
Note Type
[USEP HCM.L.Tmp97.6.42-mdn] HM-361 Epitaph of Flavius Mocianus - repro
