Inscriptions: Funerary Inscription for Aelia Ingenua

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00001
Title	Funerary Inscription for Aelia Ingenua
Trismegistos-No.	178703

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Gherla
Find Context
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Cluj-Napoca, Muzeul Național de Istorie a Transilvaniei, Lapidarium
Inventory number	2669
Current Location Details
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[---]] et in bellis \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Micia, aus? \u2013 H\u0103r\u0103u (Dacia) - HD045596"}]

Object Details

Object Type	slab
Material	sandstone
State of Preservation	incomplete
Dimensions	width: 66.0 cm height: 66.0 cm depth: 22.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	0.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	5.0
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	Traces of colour on the letters and outer frame (red) and on the surface (ochre-yellow). Holes for clamps visible on the top.
Decoration Tags	Animal

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence	Praescriptum + carmen
Prose Verse Distinction	No distinction
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Dactylic rhythm
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

AELINGENVA.[---]
INISIRIS

HICIAC[---]
SVBTERRAMIS[---]
ALITAESINANN[---]
5PLVSFATAVETA[---]
IAMNVLLAEST[---]
PARENTESMATER[---]

Ael(ia) Ingenua F̣[---]-
inis Iris.

Hic iac[et ---]
sub terra mis[era ---]
alita es in ann[is ---]
5plus fata veta[runt ---]
iam nulla est [---]
parentes mater [---]

Ael(ia) Ingenua F̣[---]inis Iris.

Hic iac[et ---] sub terra mis[era ---]
alita es in ann[is ---] plus fata veta[runt ---]
iam nulla est [---] parentes mater [---]

Apparatus

Text follows ILD and Sămărghițan 2003.
Cugusi, CLE: Ael(ia) Ingenua E[ - - - ]/inis Iris. /hic iac[et exanimis] (?) / sub terra mis[sa repente] (?). / alita es in ann[is - - - ], | plus fata veta[runt]. / iam nulla est [- - - ] | parentes mater [ - - - ] / - - - - - -

Main Translation

Translation	Aelia Ingenua F… Iris. Here she lies . . . under the earth, wretched, . . . you were nourished for . . . years: the Fate disallowed a greater number . . . now you are not . . . the parents . . . the mother …
Citation	Team MAPPOLA

Other Translations

Aelia Ingenua. Aici sub pământ zaci, sărmană. Mult timp ai fost hrănită (însuflețită). Mai mult n-a vrut destinul. Acum nu mai ești ... părinții, mama. (Romanian, Sămărghițan 2003)

Prosopographical Information

Name Aelia Ingenua
Gender Female
Role Dedicatee

Name	Aelia Ingenua
Gender	Female
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

The sides and the back of the stone are not smoothed out. Iris might be a supernomen. It is attested as cognomen.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	yes

Dating

Date (From)	117 AD
Date (To)	200 AD
Date (Criteria)	archaeology formulae

Bibliography

ILD 00592
CLE 02693
AE 1976, 00580
Sămărghițan A., Poezia funerară în Dacia. In: M. Bărbulescu (ed.), Funeraria Dacoromana. Arheologia funerară a Daciei romane, Cluj-Napoca 2003, 174 nr. 5. 🔗 link
HD012426 🔗 link
http://lupa.at/20912 🔗 link

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Work Status	Confirmed
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