Latin Inscriptions

Lind = L.R. Lind, "Nine Inscriptions and a Roman Brick Stamp in Kansas," AJA 59, 1955 159-62.

Latin Inscription Uninventoried #1
plain plaque with pierced circular depression for pouring offerings into the cinerary urn (probably an olla) (purchased in 1909) (Julio-Claudian; Lind, p. 160)

DM FORTUNAE•SORORI•PIEN TISSIMAE•B•N•M•LL•CAELA CELER•ET•PROCULUS•FE CERUNT
to the gods of the underworld (diis manibus) to Fortuna Caela, most pius, well deserving (BNM=benemerenti) sister Celer and Proculus, happily consecrating this (LL=laeti libentes), set this up

Two inscriptions of freedmen of Sextus Lartidius, legate of the proconsul C. Asinius Gallus in Asia in 5 BCE. Inscriptions CIL 6.2212, 99271, 10313, 10372, 10373; 8.17217; 11.6234, 6689.135 & 136 name Lartidius's 4 freemen and a cook

Latin Inscription Uninventoried #2
plain plaque of white marble with incurved border; remains of 2 iron nails (purchased in 1909) (Claudian; Lind, p. 159: Thelys [Greek for "female"] is probably Greek, p 159 n. 5)

SEX•LARTIDIUS•SEX•L• THELYS•MAG•Q• FAMIL•AN•XXX• ET•LESBIAII•L
Sextus Lartidius Thelys, freedman of Sextus, "magister quinquennialis" (a non-political official of a corporation or collegium) belonging to the household for 30 years also (once) the freedman of Lesbiaius

Latin Inscription Uninventoried #3
plain plaque of white marble with decorated left & right margins; the 2 sets of inscriptions separated by a branch (purchased in 1909) (Claudian; Lind, p. 160: "Cimber probably came from the north," p 159 n. 5; Stacte, Greek for "ashy," was probably Greek)

SEX•LARTIDIUS SEX•L• CIMBER•	LARTIDIA SEX•L•STACTE PHILARGYRI•L
Sextus Lartidius Cimber, freedman of Sextus	Lartidia Stacte, freedwoman of Sextus, (and once) freedwoman of Philargyrus

Latin Inscription Uninventoried #4
plain plaque, gray marble (purchased in 1909) (Claudian; Lind, p. 160)

P•IUNIUS• C•L•HILARUS	IUNIA•C•L• HILARA
Publius Iunius Hilarius, freedman of Gaius [Hilarus]	Iunia Hilara, freedwoman of Gaius [Hilarus]

Latin Inscription Uninventoried #5
plain plaque of white marble with border; in the pediment, a small stone-mason's dolabra>, pick (purchased in 1909) (Claudian; Lind, p. 160). CIL 6.25547 records the epitaph of Rubria Postima, dedicated by her husband Lucius of 18 years: "Lucius hae coniunx posui tibi dona merenti; / Hic erit et nobis una aliquando domus."

DM RUBRIA•POSTIMA POSTUMIANO FILIO•KARISIMO FECIT
to the gods of the underworld (diis manibus) Rubria Postima for my dearest son Postumianus made this

Latin Inscription Uninventoried #6
small ash urn of white marble with inset plaque flanked by cornucopiae rising out of baskets; 2 antithetic griffins with curled tails {like hippocamps} below; faces at the corners (purchased in 1909) (Julio-Claudian; Lind, pp. 160-61, cites similar urns and other inscriptions with the names of Libarna and Barbula)

D•M C•LIBARNIO BARBULAE
to the gods of the underworld (diis manibus) Gaius Libarnius Barbul

Latin Inscription Uninventoried #7
fragmentary white marble plaque, said to be from Porta Salaria, Rome (purchased in 1909); rubricated inscription bordered by three rubricated lines which pass through the (uncompleted) D [M] (Lind, p. 161, identifies the plaque as one published in CIL 6.14325, once located "in the vestibule of no. 20, Via de' Crociferi, at Rome. From the dealer, Magoffin passes on the Porta Salaria provenience). For the Rebilus family, cf. CIL 9.5289

D [M] C•CANIN[ius Rebilus] CANINIA[e filiae] BAENAEMA[erenti]
to the gods of the underworld (diis manibus) Gaius Caninius Rebilus, for Caninia, his well-deserving daughter

N424
stamped brick (purchased in 1909) (Lind, p. 162: "The brick came from the brick works of Lucilla Minor, wife of Verus, and was made by Mercurius, salve of the manager Tiberius Claudius Quinquatralis, a name rather frequent on Toman bricks... Lucilla (known as Minor to distinguish her from an elder sister) was a member of a prominent family descended from Cn. Domitius Afer, who died circa A.D. 59. She was born about A.D. 105 and died between A.D. 155-161 in the reign of Antoninus Pius (A.D. 138-161). She married annius Verus not later than A.D. 120.")

MERCURI • [TI CL] QUINQUAT
(Brick) of Mercurius, slave of Tiberius Claudius Quinquntralis. from the estate (ex praedis) of Lucilla wife of Verus

stamped brick (purchased in 1909)

[AUG]UST • N • OP • DOL• EX • PR • L • DOMITIANARUM (Augusti nostri opus doliare ex praedis Lucilliae Domitianarum)
brick work of our Augustus from the estate of Lucilla one of the Domitian women

N425
stamped brick (purchased in 1909)

APR • ET • PAE • C • A • G • S • S • D • F • I • H (Aproniano et Paetino consulibus Auli Gabiri Succesi Salarese de figlinis Iuliani H.)
during the consulships of Apronianus and Paetinus, the work of Aulus Gabirus Succesus, Salarese brick from the brickworks/clay beds of Julianus H.