A fragmentary
Close examination of the layout, spacing, and lettering of this epitaph via RTI suggests a new interpretation of this slab,
namely that it originally bore two epitaphs (with only four traces of letters now remaining of the one on the right)
(cf. C3-85/86).
The top of the thin line dividing off the two texts can be faintly discerned at the top right of the
Lollia Helena, freedwoman of Marcus, lived for 25 years. {Another epitaph on the right}.
The suggestion that this plaque probably bore two epitaphs was not made in CIL, but it seems that Hübner had limited access to the stone.
Several things (see above, Text) point to its dual function, suggesting that we should abandon the interpretation of the epitaph as for
an individual
Prideaux (1676) p.146, no.94; Maittaire (1732) p.43, no.129 + 562; Chandler (1763) p.137, no.83; CIL VI.3 no.21486 [Hübner] (1886)
Online: EDCS-12600549 [accessed 07/07/14].