Epitaph of Facundinia Germana by her husband Caius Secundinius Hylas created by Fabio Spalla MAPPOLA Database This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. MPL02202 483531 https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscription/show/2202 Lyon, Musée Gallo-Romain Lyon Fourvière 2004.12 altar limestone incomplete 50.0 124.0 46.0 Altar with moulded base. Architrave inscribed with Diis Manibus formula, topped by pediment terminating in volutes. Ascia engraved on pediment. Architecture / Altar Architecture / Moulding Architecture / Pediment Architecture / architrave Architecture / base Architecture / volute Object / Ascia chiselled Prose interrupted by verse No distinction No, just uses all available space To separate words - Interpunction 2.9-4.2 Lugdunum 171-350 Lugdunum District of Saint-Georges, found among the foundations of a medieval house, 2003. 45.7589 4.81948 Depot. no

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Facundinia Germana Caius Secundinius Hylas

Source: CLEO L012b* (c) INRAP Lyon
Diis Manibus
et quieti aeternae Facundiniae Ger manae, quae vixit annis XVIII, mensibus II, diebus XVI, cuius anima et species simul et aetas dulcius melle fuit. Memoriam quam solam defunctae praestare potui, titulum litteris honoravi. Coniugi carissimaekarissimae, Caius Secundinius Hylas et sibi vivus fecit et sub ascia dedicavit.

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Architrave: To the Manes Epigraphic field: and to the eternal rest of Facundinia (?) Germana, who, lived for eighteen years, two months and sixteen days, whose soul and beauty, as well as her youth, were sweeter than honey. As the sole memorial to her death which I could offer, I embellished her monument with these words. Caius Secundinius Hylas arranged this while still alive for his very dear wife and for himself, and dedicated it under the ascia.

A los dioses Manes y al descanso eterno de Facundinia Germana, que vivió 18 años, 2 meses y 16 días, cuya condición y belleza, tanto como su edad, fueron más dulces que la miel. Ennoblecí su inscripción con estos versos, único homenaje fúnebre que pude ofrecerle a la difunta. Para su queridísima esposa, Cayo Secundinio Hylas y para sí mismo, aún en vida, lo hizo y lo dedicó bajo el hacha protectora.

Dating proposed in AE.

CLEGall 00073bis 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, 31-34 (with photo) - AE 2006 AE 2006, 00820 A. Le Mer, C. Chomer, Carte archéologique de la Gaule 69.2: Lyon, Paris 2007, 446. C. Fernández Martínez, CIL XIII 2180 y AE 2006, 820: magnam enim partem ex iambis nostra constat oratio, Anu. Filol. Antiq. Mediaevalia 8 (2018), 305-308 (with Spanish translation and photo, 305, fig. 2) 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. 8) https://institucional.us.es/cleo/index.php/inscripcion/l012b/?lang=en | CLEO L012b* https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/monument/44100193 | EDCS-44100193 https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD068118 | HD068118