Basic info

Collection

Archaeology

Title

Coffin of Simplicia Florentina

Object name

Sarcophagus

Inscribed object

Coffin

Object category

Roman

Description

Coffin with lid inscribed to Simplicia Florentina and a secondary cut LEG VI V. Inscribed stone sarchophagus with lid. Described in Eboracum as "Coffin, of gritstone, 4ft by 1ft 10ins by 1ft 4 and 1/2 ins with a ridged lid 9ins high. Matching recesses indicate where the lid had originally been clamped. The coffin, when found... had been resued for the burial of a child older than the inscription indicates. D(IS) M(ANIBVS) SIMPLICIAE FLORENTIN(A)E ANIME INNOCENTISSIME QV(A)E VIXIT MENSES DECEM FELICVS SIMPLEX >PATER FECIT LEG(IONIS) VI V(ICTRICIS) 'To the spirits of the departed. For Simplicia Florentina, a most innocent soul, who lived 10 months, Felicius Simplex, her father, of the Sixth Legion Victorious, made (this memorial).' The LEG VI V has been added to the inscription as an after-thought in a much less monumental style of a lettering, a centurial sign being added before PATER."

Production date start

200

Production date end

300

Period

Roman