Funerary stela; place of discovery: Optatiana (Sutoru, Sălaj County); 3rd century AD.
Profiled funerary stela. The relief depicts a standing figure flanked by two horses facing him.
The horses are shown in an arched position with both forelimbs raised. The stela belongs to
Aurelius Massinius, duplicarius of an ala miliaria, who lived for 36 years. The monument
was erected by his heirs: his wife Julia Severa and Flavius Saturninus. A duplicarius was a
non-commissioned officer who received double the pay of an eques and owned two horses.
Inscription: D(is) M(anibus) / Aurel(i) Masinni / dupl(icari) al(a)e (miliariae) / vixit annis / XXXVI Iulia Se/vera coniux / et Fl(avius) Saturni/nus heres / ob merita posue/runt f(aciendum) c(uraverunt).