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A Roman Altar in the Church of S. Maria Maggiore

Transcription:

1 2 3	C · TITIENO · C · F · LEM FLACCO · SEVIRO EQVO · PVBLICO · AEDILI
Expansion:
1 2 3	Gaio Titieno Gaii filii (ex tribu) Lemonia Flacco, seviro, equo publico (exornato), aedili.
Translation:
to Gaius Titienus Flaccus, of the tribe Lemonia, sevir, honored by being given a horse at public expense, (the "company car" that marked membership in the equestrian order) aedile.

This particularly attractive funerary altar is that of a Roman priest. He was probably a local man, since Hispellum was assigned to the Lemonia tribe: see the inscription on the façade of S. Lorenzo. Based on the carving, a bit fussy but still crisp, I would guess a date sometime during the 2c A.D.?

It was once used as a holy water stoup. It is still near the front door of the church, thru the open door of which a telephoto lens caught it fairly well: as I mention elsewhere, inside the church photography is strictly forbidden.

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