Original scientific paper
Funerary titulus of Valeria Procilla from the Tower 15 on the northern city walls of Salona
Dino Demicheli
; Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Odsjek za arheologiju
Abstract
The article presents a recently discovered monument in archaeological research south of the site Kapljuč. Four towers were discovered there, the existence of which was known, but had not been investigated until now. Several epigraphic spolia were found in and around one of the towers (Tower 15), and one of the inscriptions is discussed in this article. It is the marble tombstone of the girl Valeria Procilla, who died at a very early age (one year and four months), and her parents C. Valerius Flavianus and Coelia Procla erected a monument to her. Tombstones commemorating children who died so young are generally rare, although it is known that the mortality of newborns and children up to the age of 5 was much higher than can be seen from the statistics obtained from epigraphic monuments. The paper gives a linguistic and onomastic analysis and provides data on the frequency of tombstones erected for small children in Dalmatia, especially in Salona.
Keywords
Salona; Tower 15; epigraphic spolia; ramparts; children; vulgar Latin; Coelii; commemoration
Hrčak ID:
313448
URI
Publication date:
18.12.2023.
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