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Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Vol. VI, part II, Berlin, 1882, p. 967, no. 5765.
This funerary tablet was part of a large group likely collected from one of the many columbaria found along the roads leading out of the city of Rome towards the south. At the time of its recording in 1877 it was described as stored in the wine cellar of a vineyard called vinea Codinia. The Latin inscription reads: 'Flavia Methe did this for Titus Flavius Demetrius, freedman (and) well-deserving, and for herself, and for her freedmen and freedwomen and their descendants.' The cognomen Methe is fairly common in Latin inscriptions, particularly in Rome, and originates from the Greek word for alcohol.
With thanks to Dr. Roger Tomlin for his help in researching this lot.
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Vol. VI, part II, Berlin, 1882, p. 967, no. 5765.
This funerary tablet was part of a large group likely collected from one of the many columbaria found along the roads leading out of the city of Rome towards the south. At the time of its recording in 1877 it was described as stored in the wine cellar of a vineyard called vinea Codinia. The Latin inscription reads: 'Flavia Methe did this for Titus Flavius Demetrius, freedman (and) well-deserving, and for herself, and for her freedmen and freedwomen and their descendants.' The cognomen Methe is fairly common in Latin inscriptions, particularly in Rome, and originates from the Greek word for alcohol.
With thanks to Dr. Roger Tomlin for his help in researching this lot.