ZPE-94-269 = AE 1946, 00174 = AE 1992, 00244

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Text Category
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
ZPE-94-269 = AE 1946, 00174 = AE 1992, 00244
Quotation
[Ummidia C(ai) f(ilia) Qu]adrati[lla theatr]um / [impensis(?) patri]s sui [exornatum(?) vetus]tate / [collapsum Casinatibus su]a pec(unia) [res]titu[it et ob dedica]tionem / [decurionibus et popu]lo et [m]ulier[ibus epulum] dedit
Part of Speech
Adjective/ Participle (compound) (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Theatre
Object/ Person Ornamented
Theatre
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: likely the elaboration the scaena but also possibly other architectural elements, seats, replacing statues, etc
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Gaius Ummidius
Ummidia Quadratilla?
Bibliography
Fora 1992
Hemelrijk 2013
AE 1992
Notes
The inscription is about the restoration by Gaius' daughter Ummidia Quadratilla, but the ornamentation itself is conducted by him initially - however, alternate readings have suggested that she is the ornamenter
Item Identifier
A01614
Determination
Interpreted from context