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ia universitatisOnomastical analysis from Latin and was very popular in northern
onomastical analysis of inscr iptions from koper and its vicint y 71 of the inscriptions Italy and the East, especially during the late an-
tiquity. It rose to popularity during the Tetrar-
Votive inscription dedicated to Isis chy and it is considered to be an imperial gentili-
This monument (Inscr. It. X. 3. 1; CIL V 484) is tium, related to emperor Diocletian.12
a votive ara, made in Aurisina limestone (height:
0,96 m, width: 0,33 m, thickness: 0,34 m). The in- Cognomen Memor is less frequent and
scription is found within a rectangular inscription considered to be of Latin origin.13 It is found
field, which is framed by a triple moulded belt on on total of twenty two inscriptions across the
the front and the right side. The part of the upper western provinces and Italy. The highest num-
frame was cut off. The ara was found in the epi- ber of inscriptions which mention this name are
scopal palace and is now kept in the Museo Lapi- from Italy, with the provinces Gallia Belgica and
dario Maffeiano in Verona. The inscription reads: Pannonia also having some recordings of this
cognomen. The rest of the inscriptions are spre-
Isidi ad across the other western provinces: Hispania,
sacrum Gallia Narbonennsis, Dalmatia, Gallia Lugdu-
ex monit(u) nensis, Britannia and Moesia Inferior.14
eius d(ono) d(edit)
L(ucius) Valerius Lucius Valerius Memor also recorded that
Memor he was a member of an imperial cult and held an
VI vir Augustalis office as one of the seviri Augustales. These pri-
l(ocus) d(atus) p(ublice) ests were often freedmen who sought to impro-
“Dedicated to Isis upon her admonition, as a ve their social status through religious functions.
gift by Lucius Valerius Memor, member of a Their duty was to take care of the imperial cult of
board of six priests of Augustus, place given Augustus, but also of later emperors. They also
by the community” had an obligation to fund public works, pay sum
This is a monument dedicated to the Egyp- ma honoraria or organize games.15 This individu-
tian goddess Isis by Lucius Valerius Memor, who al was likely a significant benefactor who was ho-
also served as a priest of Augustus. noured after his death by being given a special
Tria nomina formula in which the name of funerary spot.
the deceased is written is a sign that he had Ro-
man citizenship. Due to his service as a priest of imperial cult
Praenomen Lucius is one of the most com- and his Roman name, the deceased was almost
mon Roman names.10 certainly a freedman whose origin was probably
Nomen gentile Valerius is also very common somewhere in the West, where the Romanizati-
and found all over the Empire.11 The name comes on has already taken place.
10 According to C. Tititus Probus in his De praenomibus 3.1. , Varo tho- arum Europae Latinarum, vol. IV: QVADRATIA-ZVRES (Wien:
ught that there were about thirty praenomina, but already during the Forschunsgesellschaft Wiener Stadtarchäologie, 2002); 143-146.
Late Republican and Early Imperial times, only seventeen were used. 12 Bennet Salway, “What’s in a Name? A Survey of Roman Onomastic
These were: A(ulus); Ap(pius); C(aius); Cn(aeus); D(ecimus); L(u- Practice from c. 700 B.C. to A.D. 700.” Journal of Roman Studies 84
cius); M(arcus); Man(ius); N(umerius); P(ublius); Q (uintus); Ser(- (1994), 124-145.
vius); Sex(tius); Sp(urius); Tib(erius); T(itus); V(ibius). Matijašić also 13 Alföldy, Die Personennamen in der Römischen Provinz Dalmatia,
adds K(aeso) to this list (Robert Matijašić, Uvod u latinsku epigrafiju 340.
(Pula: Filozofski fakultet u Puli, 2002), 59). 14 Iiro Kajanto, The Latin Cognomina: Societas Scientiarum Fennica,
Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, XXXVI 2 (Helsinki,
11 Andras Mócsy, Nomenclator provinciarum Europae Latinarum et 1965), 255; Mócsy, Nomenclator provinciarum Europae Latinarum
Galliae Cisalpinae: cum indice inverso (Budapest: Népművelési Pro- et Galliae Cisalpinae, 185; Lőrincz, Onomasticon provinciarum Eu-
paganda Iroda, 1983), 300; Barnabas Lőrincz, Onomasticon provinci- ropae Latinarum, vol. IV, 75-76.
15 Lawrence J. F. Keppie, Understanding Roman Inscriptions (Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991), 57-58; Lily Ross Taylor, “Augu-
stales, Seviri Augustales, and Seviri: A Chronological Study.” Transa-
ctions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association (1914), 232.
onomastical analysis of inscr iptions from koper and its vicint y 71 of the inscriptions Italy and the East, especially during the late an-
tiquity. It rose to popularity during the Tetrar-
Votive inscription dedicated to Isis chy and it is considered to be an imperial gentili-
This monument (Inscr. It. X. 3. 1; CIL V 484) is tium, related to emperor Diocletian.12
a votive ara, made in Aurisina limestone (height:
0,96 m, width: 0,33 m, thickness: 0,34 m). The in- Cognomen Memor is less frequent and
scription is found within a rectangular inscription considered to be of Latin origin.13 It is found
field, which is framed by a triple moulded belt on on total of twenty two inscriptions across the
the front and the right side. The part of the upper western provinces and Italy. The highest num-
frame was cut off. The ara was found in the epi- ber of inscriptions which mention this name are
scopal palace and is now kept in the Museo Lapi- from Italy, with the provinces Gallia Belgica and
dario Maffeiano in Verona. The inscription reads: Pannonia also having some recordings of this
cognomen. The rest of the inscriptions are spre-
Isidi ad across the other western provinces: Hispania,
sacrum Gallia Narbonennsis, Dalmatia, Gallia Lugdu-
ex monit(u) nensis, Britannia and Moesia Inferior.14
eius d(ono) d(edit)
L(ucius) Valerius Lucius Valerius Memor also recorded that
Memor he was a member of an imperial cult and held an
VI vir Augustalis office as one of the seviri Augustales. These pri-
l(ocus) d(atus) p(ublice) ests were often freedmen who sought to impro-
“Dedicated to Isis upon her admonition, as a ve their social status through religious functions.
gift by Lucius Valerius Memor, member of a Their duty was to take care of the imperial cult of
board of six priests of Augustus, place given Augustus, but also of later emperors. They also
by the community” had an obligation to fund public works, pay sum
This is a monument dedicated to the Egyp- ma honoraria or organize games.15 This individu-
tian goddess Isis by Lucius Valerius Memor, who al was likely a significant benefactor who was ho-
also served as a priest of Augustus. noured after his death by being given a special
Tria nomina formula in which the name of funerary spot.
the deceased is written is a sign that he had Ro-
man citizenship. Due to his service as a priest of imperial cult
Praenomen Lucius is one of the most com- and his Roman name, the deceased was almost
mon Roman names.10 certainly a freedman whose origin was probably
Nomen gentile Valerius is also very common somewhere in the West, where the Romanizati-
and found all over the Empire.11 The name comes on has already taken place.
10 According to C. Tititus Probus in his De praenomibus 3.1. , Varo tho- arum Europae Latinarum, vol. IV: QVADRATIA-ZVRES (Wien:
ught that there were about thirty praenomina, but already during the Forschunsgesellschaft Wiener Stadtarchäologie, 2002); 143-146.
Late Republican and Early Imperial times, only seventeen were used. 12 Bennet Salway, “What’s in a Name? A Survey of Roman Onomastic
These were: A(ulus); Ap(pius); C(aius); Cn(aeus); D(ecimus); L(u- Practice from c. 700 B.C. to A.D. 700.” Journal of Roman Studies 84
cius); M(arcus); Man(ius); N(umerius); P(ublius); Q (uintus); Ser(- (1994), 124-145.
vius); Sex(tius); Sp(urius); Tib(erius); T(itus); V(ibius). Matijašić also 13 Alföldy, Die Personennamen in der Römischen Provinz Dalmatia,
adds K(aeso) to this list (Robert Matijašić, Uvod u latinsku epigrafiju 340.
(Pula: Filozofski fakultet u Puli, 2002), 59). 14 Iiro Kajanto, The Latin Cognomina: Societas Scientiarum Fennica,
Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, XXXVI 2 (Helsinki,
11 Andras Mócsy, Nomenclator provinciarum Europae Latinarum et 1965), 255; Mócsy, Nomenclator provinciarum Europae Latinarum
Galliae Cisalpinae: cum indice inverso (Budapest: Népművelési Pro- et Galliae Cisalpinae, 185; Lőrincz, Onomasticon provinciarum Eu-
paganda Iroda, 1983), 300; Barnabas Lőrincz, Onomasticon provinci- ropae Latinarum, vol. IV, 75-76.
15 Lawrence J. F. Keppie, Understanding Roman Inscriptions (Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991), 57-58; Lily Ross Taylor, “Augu-
stales, Seviri Augustales, and Seviri: A Chronological Study.” Transa-
ctions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association (1914), 232.
