tombstone for Lesbia

MGECC-1583
Object type tombstone
Fabric epigraphic material
Culture/period Roman world
Materials stone, marble
Technique cut, carving
Mint
Production date 14 / 192
Museum Museu de Guissona
Current location Exposició permanent
Archaeological site Iesso
Township Guissona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Segarra)
Dimensions 490 x 380 x 40 mm
Description
Tombstone of the girl Lesbia who died at age 11, and dedicated by her mother Servilla Praepusa, two citizens of Iesso probably of Greek origin. The inscription would have formed part of an unknown funerary monument. It was found by chance when laying the foundations of a house in Tapioles Street in 1967. Translation: Servilla Praepusa to her eleven-year and ten-month-old daughter Lesbia: She has been buried here. Why did fate want to create such beautiful things, if they have to snatch away from us what they have made for our happiness? But because we must obey the law of fate, we shed tears for a duty that should not be ours. She had barely reached twice six years; she had not yet shed all the tears she carried within her and could therefore be cried for even more by her family. "Save yourself from being sad forever, my parents, and stop bothering my Manes even more." We have put this inscription, consolation of our pain. Who reads it, let him say aloud: let the earth be light upon you.
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