Epitáfio de "Creusa".

Epitaph for Creusa

Epitaph for Creusa, slave of Avita, buried at the age of 16, engraved upon a plaque found during the 1961-1962 archaeological campaign, in Praça da Figueira. Notably, this inscription memorailizes the earthly passage of a slave, certainly quite beloved by her owner. The plaque very likely integrated a collective funerary monument and was affixed to the wall of some mausoleum, or served as lid for a niche in some columbarium (monument with a number a niches where lay the urns with the ashes of the deceased).

Type of inscription

Funerary

Language

Latin

Technique

Engraving

Reading

CREVSA AVI/ TAE SER(va) ANN(orum)/ XVI H(ic) S(ita) E(st)

Translation

Here lies Creusa, slave of Avita, aged 16.

Present location

Museum of Lisbon | Pimenta Palace

Discovery location

Praça da Figueira, Lisboa

Suggested reading

Curchin, L. A. (2017) - Slaves in Lusitania: identity, demography and local relations. Conimbriga. Coimbra: Instituto de Arqueologia da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra. LXI, pp. 75-108.

Heleno, M. (1965) - Estação lusitano-romana da Praça da Figueira (Separata da revista Ethnos, IV). Lisboa: Instituto Português de Arqueologia, História e Etnologia.

Moita, I. (1968) - Achados de época romana no sub-solo de Lisboa. Revista Municipal. Lisboa: Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. 116/117, pp. 33-71.

Ramirez Sádaba, J. L. (2002) - O homem e a morte na Lusitânia. In Ribeiro, J. C., coord. - Religiões da Lusitânia. Loquuntur Saxa. Lisboa: Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, pp. 301-305.

Useful links

Museum of Lisbon - Pimenta Palace - http://www.museudelisboa.pt/equipamentos/palacio-pimenta.html

Identification code

LxRomana1106016