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Epigraphic identification of the group cremation grave from the Salonitan South-eastern Necropolis
Dino Demicheli
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The paper posits a link between an epigraphic monument
found in the mid-19th century with a group cremation grave
found in 2011 during excavations in a part of the Salonitan
South-eastern Necropolis at the Smiljanovac location.1 It consists
of three cylindrical urns containing goods, of which two
have the names of the deceased engraved onto the lids. The
combination of the names engraved on the urns leaves no
room for doubt that these are the deceased individuals mentioned
in the sepulchral inscription CIL III 2120, which was
known to have come from Salona even earlier. According to
the inscriptions, the parents of these three young women
came to Salona from Ravenna and it would appear that they
settled permanently at the end of the 1st or beginning of the
2nd century. Given the names, this was apparently the family
of a freedman, while the type of monument that jointly commemorated
them was popular among this population in Salona during that period. Besides an epigraphic analysis, the paper
also contains a description of the archaeological materials
found in the urns. The discovery of a link between these inscriptions
made it possible to not only identify the persons involved,
but also the inscription could be more reliably dated
on the basis of the grave goods found in the urns.
Ključne riječi
Salona, South-eastern Necropolis, urns, inscriptions, epigraphy, Cornelii, Dalmatia.
Hrčak ID:
344334
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Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2025.
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