Funerary inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: i: Second to third centuries CE;
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...] ἑαυτῷ καὶ τοῖς ἰδίοις τὸν τάφον ἐκτίσατο

Κοίντου Ὀλοσσίου Χρησίμου

Translation

i. . . . ] built the tomb for himself and his family.

Tomb of K(ointos) Olossios Chresimos

Commentary

ii. A nomen of Etruscan origin (cf. Volusius) which, in various forms and with its derivatives ( eg. Ὀλοσσιανός), is attested in several Eastern contexts see W.Schulze, Zur Geschichte Lateinischer Eigennamen, p.104.