Base for statue of Coelia Claudiana, chief Vestal Virgin. Rome, House of the Vestals. Late Third Century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Roman Forum, atrium Vestae; found in 1497
Current Location:
Unrecorded
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Coelia Claudiana, chief Vestal Virgin
Position:
Religious Office-Holders
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
The City of Rome, by decree of the Senate
Position:
Others
DATE
Earliest:
286
Latest :
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 2138
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Coeliae Claudianae, / v(irgini) V(estali) maximae, / religiosissimae benignissimaeque, / cuius pios ritus ac plenam sacro/rum erga deos administrationem /(6) urbis (sic, for ‘urbs’) aeterna laude b(e) (sic, for‘de’) s(enatus) s(ententia) comproba[vit]. / Octavia Honorata, v(irgo) V(estalis), divinis / eius admonitionibus semper provecta.
Trans:
To Coelia Claudiana, chief Vestal Virgin, most religious and benevolent woman, whose pious performance of the religious rites, and administration full of holy [deeds] towards the gods, the eternal city honours with praise, by decree of the Senate. Octavia Honorata, Vestal Virgin, always aided by her divine guidance, [set this up].
