Editor: D.Espinosa Espinosa

Text:

Cerriniae

L(uci) f(iliae) Cottiae

Cottia Euphrosyne

filiae piissimae

5   s(ua) p(ecunia) p(osuit) l(oco) d(ato) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)

[et ob] dedicationem earum

[den]arios divisit

(BITTO 2001 = IGLMessina 36)

Translation: “Cottia Euphrosyne (erected this statue?) to Cerrinia Cottia, daughter of Lucius, a very dutiful daughter, at her own expense in the place designated by decree of the decurions, and she distributed denarii in return for the dedication of these (statues)”. (D.Espinosa Espinosa)

Find Spot: Messina, excavation of foundation of the Town Hall

Support: limestone statue base (h. 100 cm; w. 66 cm; d. 58 cm)

Inventory No./Current location: Messina, garden in front of the buildings of the Museo Regionale, inventory no. A 238

Dating: 1st – 2nd century AD (BITTO 2001 et alii)

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