Memorial Tomb Garden of Ortorius Heleis and Ortoria Eutychis

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Location

Sublocation

Sublocation Description

Garden

Memorial Tomb Garden of Ortorius Heleis and Ortoria Eutychis

Keywords

tombs AAT:300005926

Garden Description

An inscribed marble plaque found in the early 1930s covering a drain near Ponte Lungo in the region of the Via Tuscolana south of Rome records the epitaph of a Greek-speaking couple, Ortorios Heleis and Ortoria Eutychis, evidently devotees of the cult of Isis, who some time during the second or early third century built for their ten-year old son Markos Ortorios Eleutheros "an eternal bridal chamber" (aionion nymphona) and "for themselves, in expectation of their death, and for their freedmen and their descendants, a memorial tomb garden" ([mne]meion kepotaphon). The inscription, which includes a prayer to Osiris to grant the boy cool water in the afterlife, dwells on the son's untimely death and his parents bereavement.

Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

J. M. C. Toynbee, Death and Burial in the Roman World, Print book : English : Hopkins pb. ed., 96 and n. 312. worldcat
G.-L. Gregori, Horti sepulchrales e cepotaphia nelle iscrizioni urbane, Article : Italian, BCom 92 (1987-88) [1989] 180 n. 37. worldcat

Gardens of the Roman Empire

Memorial Tomb Garden of Ortorius Heleis and Ortoria Eutychis

Location

Sublocation

Sublocation Description

Garden

Keywords

Garden Description

Dates

Bibliography

Places