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Identification

Reference as: MPL02188
Title Epitaph of Camilla Augustilla by her brother Silenius Reginus
Trismegistos-No. 487378

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Lugdunum
Find Context First seen in the district of Saint-Irénée, rue des Anges, beginning of the 19th century.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Lyon, Musée Gallo-Romain Lyon Fourvière
Inventory number AD277
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type altar
Material limestone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 72.0 cm

height: 141.0 cm

depth: 67.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.5
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Altar with moulded base and pulvinus, surmounted by pediment terminating in volutes. Ascia engraved on pediment. Squared hole for storing ashes through the base.
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / Altar
  • Architecture / Moulding
  • Architecture / Pediment
  • Architecture / base
  • Architecture / pulvinus
  • Object / Ascia

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Justified
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    • Justified
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, just uses all available space
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate words - Interpunction

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Pediment: ascia Epigraphic field
DIISMANIB
CAMILLAVGVSTI͡LLAE
QVAEVIXITANNXXX
DIEBV
DEQVANEMO
5SVORVMVMQVAM
DOLVITNISIMORTEM
SILENIVSREGINVS
FRATERSORORI
KARISSIMAEETSVB
10ASCIADEDICAVIT
Pediment: ((ascia)) Epigraphic field
Diis Manib(us)
Camill(ae) Augusti͡llae
quae vixit ann(is) XXX,
dieb(us) V.
De qua nemo
5suorum umquam
doluit nisi mortem.
Silenius Reginus
frater sorori
karissimae et sub
10ascia dedicavit.
Pediment: ((ascia)) Epigraphic field Diis Manib(us) Camill(ae) Augusti͡llae quae vixit ann(is) XXX, dieb(us) V.
De qua nemo suorum umquam doluit nisi mortem.
Silenius Reginus frater sorori karissimae et sub ascia dedicavit.
Apparatus

l.9 reg., orig. karissimae

Text follows CIL. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.

Main Translation

Translation To the Manes of Camilla Augustilla, who lived thirty years and five days.

No one in her family ever felt grief because of her, except for her death.

Her brother Silenius Reginus made this for his dearest sister and dedicated it under the ascia.
Citation Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameCamilla Augustilla
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameSilenius Reginus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Bérard.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 151 AD
Date (To) 250 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae

Bibliography

Images

  • Epitaph of Camilla Augustilla by her brother Silenius Reginus.

    Epitaph of Camilla Augustilla by her brother Silenius Reginus.

    Source: EDCS-10501044

Editing History

Created 2025-12-18, by Fabio Spalla
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-04 07:59
  2. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-04 08:43
  3. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-04 08:43
  4. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-04 08:44
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-07-14 12:22
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-07-14 12:23
  7. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-14 16:03
  8. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-12-15 08:43
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-12-18 17:54
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