Epitaph of Iulia Filemation by his foster son Gaius Cottius Theodotus and his two freedwomen created by Fabio Spalla MAPPOLA Database This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. MPL02197 487470 https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscription/show/2197 Lyon, Musée Gallo-Romain Lyon Fourvière AD328 altar limestone complete 48.0 105.0 38.0 Altar on pedestal with moulded base and pulvinus, topped by inscribed architrave and pediment terminating in volutes. On top of the altar, plinth with two holes on its ends, topped by lower part of lost decoration. D(is) ((ascia)) M(anibus) inscribed on pediment. Architecture / Altar Architecture / Moulding Architecture / Pedestal Architecture / Pediment Architecture / architrave Architecture / base Architecture / pulvinus Object / Ascia Architecture / Plinth chiselled Prose interrupted by verse No distinction No, just uses all available space To separate words - Interpunction 2.0-4.0 Lugdunum 171-230 Lugdunum District of Saint-Just, found inside a well in the neighbourhood of Trion, 1886. 45.7589 4.81948 no

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Iulia Filemation Gaius Cottius Theodotus Iulia Asia Iulia Eutychia

Source: CLEO L012* (c) A. Bolaños Herrera
Dis Manibus
et quieti aeternae
Iu Iuliae Filemati. Gaius Cottius Theodotus alumnus patronae dulcissimae, pien tissimae, et Iulia Asi a et Iulia Eutychia libertae eius. Cuius Filemati anima et speciens simul et aetas dulcius melle fuit. Quae vixit annis L, mensibus I, diebus X, sinae ullius animi laesione. Pone ndum curaverunt et sub ascia dedica verunt. Vale, anima dulcissima.

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Pediment: To the Manes Architrave: and to the eternal rest Epigraphic field: of Iulia Filemation. Her foster son Gaius Cottius Theodotus and his freedwomen, Iulia Asia and Iulia Eutychia, (dedicate this) to a very sweet and devoted matron. The soul and beauty of Filemation, as well as her life, were sweeter than honey. She lived fifty years, one month and ten days without hurting anyone's feelings. They took care to set this up and dedicated it under the ascia. Farewell, sweetest soul.

Aux dieuy Mânes et au repos éternel de Julia Filematium; Gaius Cottius Theodotus, son alumnus, et Julia Asia et Julia Eutychia, ses affranchies, à leur patronne excellente et bien-aimée, dont le caractère, la beauté, l'âge étaient plus doux que le miel. Elle a vécu cinquante ans, un mois et dix jours, sans avoir jamais fait à personne aucune peine. Ils lui ont élevé ce tombeau et l'ont dédié sous l'ascia. - Adieu, âme chérie!

A los dioses Manes y al descanso eterno de Julia Filemation. Gayo Cottio Teodoto, su pupilo, Julia Asia y Julia Eutiquia, sus libertas, para su dulcísima y piadosísima patrona, cuya alma y aspecto, tanto como su vida, fueron más dulces que la miel. Ella vivió 50 años, un mes y 10 días, sin causar daño a ni una sola persona; se ocuparon de que se hiciese (esta tumba) y la dedicaron bajo el ascia. Adiós, alma dulcísima.

Dating proposed by Fernández Martínez (CLEO).

CIL 13, 02180 CLEGall 00073 A. Allmer, Revue épigraphique. Inscriptions 663 à 672, Rev. Ep. 2, 45 (1887), 294-295, no. 672 (with French translation) A. Allmer, P. Dissard, Musée de Lyon. Inscriptions antiques, Vol. 3, Lyon 1890, 283-286, no. 328 (with French translation) F. Bérard, Dulcius melle. À propos de quelques épitaphes lyonnaises. In: J. Champeaux (ed.), M. Chassignet (ed.), Aere perennius. Hommage à Hubert Zehnacker, Paris 2006, 23-37. A. Le Mer, C. Chomer, Carte archéologique de la Gaule 69.2: Lyon, Paris 2007, 615. N. Brancato, Una componente trasversale nella società romana: gli alumni. Inscriptiones latinae ad alumnos pertinentes commentariumque, Roma 2015, 23, no. 21. C. Fernández Martínez, CLE de las Galias: estado de la cuestión y avances para la edición de CIL XVIII/3. In: F. Beutler (ed.), Th. Pantzer (ed.), Sprachen – Schriftkulturen – Identitäten der Antike. Beiträge des XV. Internationalen Kongresses für Griechische und Lateinische Epigraphik, Wien 28. August bis 1. September 2017: Einzelvorträge, Wiener Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte online (WBAGon), Vol. 1, Vienna 2019, 6-7 (with photo, 7, fig. 7) https://institucional.us.es/cleo/index.php/inscripcion/l012-cil-xiii-2180/?lang=en | CLEO L012* (with Spanish translation) https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/monument/10501137 | EDCS-10501137