The Inscription of Ligurius and Victorina
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
- Type
- Frontal panel of the sarcophagus.
- Material(s)
- Limestone.
- Execution
- Inscribed.
- Dimensions
- 26 × 105 × 10 cm
- Epigraphic Field
- 26 × 105 cm
- Letters Height
- 4-6.5 cm
Palaeographic comment
Dextrograde direction; horizontal alignment; vertical module; regular ductus, centred layout.
F with a middle stroke shorter than the upper arm.
G lacking a vertical stem and with a tail extending below the baseline.
INSCRIPTION
INTERPRETATIVE TRANSCRIPTION
APPARATUS CRITICUS
3. SIBI, Bertolini 1877
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TRANSLATION
To the Manes gods.
Flavius Ligurius and Cicria Victorina, while still alive, arranged (the sarcophagus) for themselves.
PEOPLE
Flavius Ligurius
- NOMEN
- Flavius
- COGNOMEN
- Ligurius
- GENS
- Flavia
- ORIGIN (of the name Ligurius)
- latin
- GENDER
- male
- OCCUPATION
- civilian
- ROLE
- dedicator/deceased
- RELATIONSHIP
- husband (→ Cicria Victorina)
Cicria Victorina
- NOMEN
- Cicria
- COGNOMEN
- Victorina
- GENS
- Cicria
- ORIGIN (of the name Victorina)
- latin
- GENDER
- female
- OCCUPATION
- civilian
- ROLE
- dedicator/deceased
- RELATIONSHIP
- wife (→ Flavius Ligurius)
Bibliography
| Bertolini 1877, 120, n. 1. |
| CIL V 8988b |
| Lettich 1983, 103, n. 73. |
- EDR
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EDR097932
- Author of the record:
- Damiana Baldassarra
- Date:
- 30-11-2007
COMMENTARY
According to Lettich (Lettich 1983, 103, n. 73), Cricia could be a form derived from Cicria. However, this inscription appears to be the only attestation of the nomen Cricia in the entire empire, whereas the gens Cicria is well attested at Concordia.
It therefore seems more likely that the nomen recorded in the inscription is a scribal error, especially considering that in line 2 the final two letters of the word vivi were also inverted. Victorina would thus have belonged to the Cicrii family, despite the fact that her burial is located further west than the group of other sarcophagi belonging to this family.