Inscriptions: Epitaph of Thetis/Burgaena and her son Perinthio by the enslaved husband and father Italicus

Identification

Reference as:	MPL01040
Title	Epitaph of Thetis/Burgaena and her son Perinthio by the enslaved husband and father Italicus
Trismegistos-No.	197862

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Bisanthe
Find Context	Found in the Greek cemetery.
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Lost
Inventory number
Current Location Details
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Object Details

Object Type	unknown
Material	unknown
State of Preservation	complete?
Dimensions	width: unknown height: unknown depth: unknown
Letter Size in cm (min)	0.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	0.0
Execution Technique	unknown
Religion	Unknown

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

THETISEADEM
BVRGAENA
ITALICICORISCI
AVGLCONCARANN
5XXVIETPERINTHIO
FILANNXIIHSS

SIFORTVNASVOSPOTVISSETFLE
CTEREMANESHVNCTITVLVM
PATRIPONEREDEBVERAM

10ITALICVSSIBIET
SVISVF

Thetis, eadem
Burgaena,
Italici, Corisci
Aug(usti) l(iberti), con(iunx) car(issima), ann(orum)
5XXVI, et Perinthio
fil(ius), ann(orum) XII, h(ic) s(iti) s(unt).

Si Fortuna suos potuisset fle-
ctere Manes, hunc titulum
patri ponere debueram.

10Italicus sibi et
suis v(ivus) f(ecit).

Thetis, eadem Burgaena, Italici, Corisci Aug(usti) l(iberti), con(iunx) car(issima), ann(orum) XXVI, et Perinthio fil(ius), ann(orum) XII, h(ic) s(iti) s(unt).

Si Fortuna suos potuisset flectere Manes,
hunc titulum patri ponere debueram.

Italicus sibi et suis v(ivus) f(ecit).

Apparatus

Text follows CIL.
l. 3: (qui et) Corisci, Cholodniak.
ll. 3-4: (qui) Corisci / Aug(usti) l(iberti servus est), con(iux) car(issima), CIL.
l. 4: Aug(usti) l(iberti servi) con(jux) car(issima), Dumont.
l. 6: XI, CLEThr.

Main Translation

Translation	Thetis, also known as Burgaena, twenty-six years old, immensely beloved wife of Italicus, slave of the imperial freedman Coriscus; and Perinthio, their son, twelve years old. They both lie here. If Destiny had managed to overcome his underworld spirits, I should have put this up for my father. Italicus put this up while still alive, for himself and his loved ones.
Citation	Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Si la fortuna hubiese podido conmover a sus manes, yo hubiera debido componer este epitafio en honor de mi padre. (Spanish, C. Fernández Martínez)

Prosopographical Information

Name Thetis/Burgaena
Gender Female
Age Range Adult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Role Dedicatee
Name Italicus
Gender Male
Legal Status Slave
Role Dedicator
Name Coriscus
Gender Male
Legal Status Freedman / Freedwoman
Name Perinthio
Gender Male
Age Range Infant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Role Dedicatee

Name	Thetis/Burgaena
Gender	Female
Age Range	Adult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Italicus
Gender	Male
Legal Status	Slave
Role	Dedicator

Name	Coriscus
Gender	Male
Legal Status	Freedman / Freedwoman

Name	Perinthio
Gender	Male
Age Range	Infant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Cugusi and Sblendorio Cugusi (CLEThr).

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	1 AD
Date (To)	200 AD
Date (Criteria)	names

Bibliography

CIL 03, 00729
CIL 01485
CLEThr 00006 (also on dating)
A. Dumont, Mélanges d'archéologie et d'épigraphie, Paris 1892, 400, no. 76a. 🔗 link
J. Cholodniak, Carmina sepulcralia latina epigraphica, Petersburg 1904, 119, no. 316. 🔗 link
C. Fernández Martínez, Poesía epigráfica latina II, Madrid 1999, 149, no. 1485 (Spanish translation of ll. 7-9) 🔗 link
G. Masaro, Iscrizioni metriche e affettive della X regio augustea, Canterano 2017, 391-392. 🔗 link
EDCS-27100004 🔗 link
HD065175 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link
Patrimonium APC 🔗 link
PH166344 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2026-08-28, by Fabio Spalla
Work Status	Complete
Import Notice	Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:23:03, ID there: HD065175

Revisions

by Unknown
at 2024-07-11 12:23
by Anna Pokorny
at 2024-08-02 21:14
by Anna Pokorny
at 2024-08-02 21:14
by Anna Pokorny
at 2025-03-31 11:59
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-12-16 08:24
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-12-16 08:58
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-12-16 08:58
by Chiara Cenati
at 2025-12-18 17:30
by Fabio Spalla
at 2026-05-12 08:07
by Chiara Cenati
at 2026-06-30 14:10
by Anna Martelli
at 2026-08-28 11:55

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