The Inscription of Mansueta
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
- Type
- Frontal panel of the sarcophagus.
- Material(s)
- Limestone.
- Execution
- Inscribed.
- Dimensions
- 59 × 198 cm
- Epigraphic Field
- 38 × 179 cm
- Letters Height
- 4.5-6.5 cm
Palaeographic comment
Dextrograde direction, horizontal layout, square module, regular ductus, triangular-shaped interpuncts, centered layout.
INSCRIPTION
INTERPRETATIVE TRANSCRIPTION
APPARATUS CRITICUS
3. CICRIV[S], Lettich 1994
EVTICHES, Bertolini 1876b, Bertolini 1877
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TRANSLATION
To Cicria Mansueta, an incomparable wife, Publius Atilius Cicrius Eutyches [dedicated this].
PEOPLE
Publius Atilius Cicrius Eutyches
- PRAENOMEN
- Publius
- NOMEN
- Atilius
- NOMEN
- Cicrius
- COGNOMEN
- Eutyches
- GENS
- Atilia
- GENS
- Cicria
- ORIGIN (of the name Eutyches)
- greek
- GENDER
- male
- OCCUPATION
- civilian
- ROLE
- dedicator
- RELATIONSHIP
- husband (→ Cicria Mansueta)
Cicria Mansueta
- NOMEN
- Cicria
- COGNOMEN
- Mansueta
- GENS
- Cicria
- ORIGIN (of the name Mansueta)
- latin
- GENDER
- female
- OCCUPATION
- civilian
- ROLE
- deceased
- RELATIONSHIP
- wife (→ Publius Atilius Cicrius Eutyches)
Bibliography
| Bertolini 1876b, 131, n. 2. |
| Bertolini 1877, 30, n. 16. |
| CIL V 8688 |
| Lettich 1994, 269-270, n. 186. |
- EDR
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EDR097848
- Author of the record:
- Damiana Baldassarra
- Date:
- 19-11-2007
COMMENTARY
Publius Atilius Cicrius Eutyches dedicates the burial to his deceased wife Cicria Mansueta. They are the parents of Cicria Eutychiana, mentioned in the corresponding inscription.
Here we read the full name of Eutyches, who also possessed a praenomen and a second gentilicon. Polyonymy, which usually indicates a high social status, likely testifies to the economic success of this family (Lettich 1994, 268).
The gens Atilia is attested in Concordia since the early Imperial age (CIL V 1308 = EDR098062; CIL V 1879 = EDR093752).