Base for posthumous statue of Helvidia Burrena Modesta, local notable. Interamna Nahars (Tuscia et Umbria). 338.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Interamna Nahars
Province:
Tuscia et Umbria
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
Found in the countryside of Terni
Current Location:
Now lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Helvidia Burrena Modesta, patron of Interamna
Position:
Patrons
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Citizens of both sexes (cives utriusque sexus) of Interamna
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
338
Latest :
338
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , XI, 4180
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Laeucadii Mel. / Helvidiae Burreniae / Modestae, /(4) nepoti Helvidi Burreni Se/veri, v(iri) c(larissimi), filiae Burreniae Se/verae, c(larissimae) f(eminae), pudicitia, sapientia, / innocentia omnibus retro / memorabili, ob meritum amo/remque eius, cives Interam/nanae civitatis utriusque /(11) sexsus (sic) (a)ere conlato post / obitum huius / patronae. // (on the right side) Dedic(ata) XVIII Kal(endas) / Febr(uarias) / Urso et Polemio / co(n)ss(ulibus).
Trans:
The honey of Leucadius. To Helvidia Burrenia Modesta, granddaughter of Helvidius Burrenus Severus, of clarissimus rank, daughter of Burrenia Severa, woman of clarissimus rank, memorable in chastity, wisdom and innocence among all past [women]; on account of her service and love, the citizens of both sexes of the city of Interamna, with funds collected, [set this up] to their patron after her death. (On the right side): Dedicated on the 18th day before the Kalends of February, under the consulship of Ursus and Polemius. (transl. U. Gehn)
