State of preservation:
very good (only partially destroyed stone base),
Dimensions:
122 x 56 x 46 cm, h (letters) = 4 - 5.5 cm;
Description:
the monument is made according to classical canons, the capital adorned with a border has on the simple pediment a tool (ax);
Inscription:
D (is) M (anibus) / Valeriae Cres - / centilae vix (it) / ann (is) XXXV / C (aius) Caecil (ius) Felix / aug (ustalis) col (oniae) / coniugi b (ene) m (erenti) / posuit Literary translation: Zeilor Mani, Valeriei Crescentila lived 35 years Caius Caecilius Felix augustal of the colony (Sarmizegetusa) put his worthy wife (monument).
Place of discovery:
the large camp of Jupa - Tibiscum (in the archeological excavations from 1967), reused for filling the enclosure wall in the late Roman era (secondary position);
Observations, dating:
sec. II – III p.Chr.;
Place of storage:
Banat National Museum Timisoara, inv. No .: IV 7515;
Bibliography and databases:
Doina Benea, Tibiscum, Museion Publishing House, Bucharest, 1994; UEL 15054; HD 020608; EDCS-11200475
