Inscriptions: Epitaph of the young slaves Sidonius and Xantias

Identification

Reference as:	MPL01056
Title	Epitaph of the young slaves Sidonius and Xantias
Trismegistos-No.	415374

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Find Context	Church of Saint Ursula, "Goldene Kammer" reliquary, built into the base of a wall, 1643.
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Köln, Römisch-germanisches Museum Köln
Inventory number	29,312
Current Location Details
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Treverorum", "text": "[---]o tempore vit[ae] [--- p]retium [--- mort]e r\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription"}, {"coords": [49.7627, 6.65262], "id": 454, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/454", "long_id": "MPL00454", "place": "Augusta Treverorum", "text": "------ [---]S[---] [--- lacri]mis sola[cia ---]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription"}, {"coords": [49.7546, 6.63495], "id": 455, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/455", "long_id": "MPL00455", "place": "Augusta Treverorum", "text": "------ [---]ne pulchro [---]am modo dulcis eras\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription"}, {"coords": [49.9989, 8.27387], "id": 1117, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1117", "long_id": "MPL01117", "place": "Mogontiacum", "text": "------ [---anno-]s VI, menses quin-que innox pulc\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fragmentary funerary inscription for a child"}, 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(Germania inferior) - HD020750"}, {"coords": [50.5788, 7.22699], "id": 1125, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1125", "long_id": "MPL01125", "place": "Rigomagus", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069 ---nom]\u0026lt;i=E\u0026gt;ne [--\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Rigomagus? \u2013 Remagen? (Germania inferior) - HD079901"}, {"coords": [50.2235, 7.56975], "id": 1123, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1123", "long_id": "MPL01123", "place": "Baudobriga", "text": "Cum provitate (sic) pod(o)r (sic) ca-st(it)as q(ua\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Baudobriga \u2013 Boppard (Germania superior) - HD078704"}, {"coords": [51.6679, 6.44818], "id": 1120, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1120", "long_id": "MPL01120", "place": " Colonia Ulpia Traiana", "text": "Silvano Loupi f(ilio) Trever(o) eq(uiti) ala Vocon\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Silvanus Treverus"}, {"coords": [51.6679, 6.44818], "id": 2153, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2153", "long_id": "MPL02153", "place": " Colonia Ulpia Traiana", "text": "Vini da do vi[tam].", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Colonia Ulpia Traiana"}, {"coords": [49.9039, 8.58874], "id": 1008, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1008", "long_id": "MPL01008", "place": "Civitas Auderiensium", "text": "\u03a3\u03c9\u03b8\u03b5\u1f76\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u1f73\u03bc[\u03bf\u03c5] \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u1f75\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03bc\u1f71-\u03bb\u03b1 \u03bc\u1f79\u03c7\u03b8\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u1f50\u03be\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from (Civitas Auderiensium) \u2013 Stockstadt/Main (Germania superior) - HD060177"}, {"coords": [49.9039, 8.58874], "id": 1090, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1090", "long_id": "MPL01090", "place": "Civitas Auderiensium", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) Honoratia-no filio hic iacet exa-5\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from (Civitas Auderiensium) \u2013 Obernburg/Main (Germania superior) - HD075841"}, {"coords": [49.9039, 8.58874], "id": 1091, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1091", "long_id": "MPL01091", "place": "Civitas Auderiensium", "text": "[---]e\u0323m\u0323[---] [---] hic in[terfe-][ce]r\u0323e latron\u0361\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/8583-1.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of Perigenes by his brother Publius Clodius Secundus"}, {"coords": [50.0808, 8.45089], "id": 837, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/837", "long_id": "MPL00837", "place": "Hofheim am Taunus", "text": "Felix si fueris multos", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Assignation inscription from Hofheim/Taunus (Germania superior) - HD016765"}, {"coords": [50.302, 7.456], "id": 1011, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1011", "long_id": "MPL01011", "place": "Kobern-Gondorf", "text": "Dura quidem frangit parvorum morte parentes condic\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Kobern-Gondorf (Germania superior) - HD060953"}, {"coords": [50.167, 7.283], "id": 1012, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1012", "long_id": "MPL01012", "place": "Pommern", "text": "\u03a3\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03bc\u1f71\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03b3\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd [C]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Pommern (Germania superior) - HD060993"}, {"coords": [49.6304, 8.35885], "id": 1051, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1051", "long_id": "MPL01051", "place": "Borbetomagus", "text": "Li(n)quite verba viri vino conte(n)dite laeti(?)", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Acclamation from Borbetomagus (Civitas Vangionum) \u2013 Worms (Germania superior) - HD065829"}, {"coords": [49.6838, 5.81633], "id": 940, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/940", "long_id": "MPL00940", "place": "Orolaunum", "text": "Fragment a [---]curi\u0323[---] ------ Fragment b/c/d\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fragmentary 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Noviomagus"}]

Object Details

Object Type	stele
Material	limestone
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 48.5 cm height: 71.5 cm depth: 7.5 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	1.8
Letter Size in cm (max)	2.2
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion	Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	Letters coloured with red dye.
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Carmen
Layout Types (Verse)
Left aligned
Scriptio Continua in verse part yes
Abbreviations in verse part no
Verse Line Correspondence Yes

Prose Verse Presence	Carmen
Layout Types (Verse)	Left aligned
Scriptio Continua in verse part	yes
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	Yes

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Iambic dimeter Glyconic
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

HOCHOCSEPVLCRVMRESPICE
QVICARMENETMVSASAMAS
ETNOSTRACOMMVNILEGE
LACRIMANDATITVLONOMINA

5NAMNOBISPVERISSIMVL

ARSVARIAPARAETASERAT
EGOCONSONANTIFISTVLA
SIDONIVSACRISPERSTREPENS
HOCCARM͡ENHAECARAH͡ICCI͡N͡I[]
10PVERISEPVLCRVMESTXANTIA[]
QVIMORTEACERBARAPTVSES[]
IAMDOCTVSINCOMPENDIA
TOTLITERARVME͡TNOM͡INVM
NOTARECVRRENTISTILO
15QVODLINGVACVRRENSDICERE͡T
IAMNEMOSVPERARETLEGEN[]
IAMVOCEERILICOEPERAT
ADOMNEDICTATVMVOLANS
AVREMVOCARIATPROXIMAM
20HEVMORTEPROPERACONCIDIT
ARCANAQVISOLVSSVI

SCITVRVS DOMINIFVIT

Hoc hoc sepulcrum respice
qui carmen et Musas amas,
et nostra communi lege
lacrimanda titulo nomina,

5nam nobis pueris simul

ars varia par aetas erat.
Ego consonanti fistula
Sidonius acris perstrepens.
Hoc carm͡en, haec ara, h͡ic ci͡n͡i[s]
10pueri sepulcrum est Xantia[e]
qui morte acerba raptus es[t].
Iam doctus in compendia
tot literarum e͡t nom͡inum
notare currenti stilo,
15quod lingua currens dicere͡t,
iam nemo superaret legen[s],
iam voce erili coeperat,
ad omne dictatum volans
aurem vocari at proximam,
20heu morte propera concidit,
arcana qui solus sui

sciturus ( vac. 3) domini fuit.

Hoc hoc sepulcrum respice
qui carmen et Musas amas,
et nostra communi lege
lacrimanda titulo nomina,

nam nobis pueris simul

ars varia par aetas erat.
Ego consonanti fistula
Sidonius acris perstrepens.
Hoc carm͡en, haec ara, h͡ic ci͡n͡i[s]
pueri sepulcrum est Xantia[e]
qui morte acerba raptus es[t].
Iam doctus in compendia
tot literarum e͡t nom͡inum
notare currenti stilo,
quod lingua currens dicere͡t,
iam nemo superaret legen[s],
iam voce erili coeperat,
ad omne dictatum volans
aurem vocari at proximam,
heu morte propera concidit,
arcana qui solus sui

sciturus ( vac. 3) domini fuit.

Apparatus

l.10 reg., orig. Xantia
l.19 reg., orig. at

Text follows López Sánchez. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.

Main Translation

Translation	You who love song and the Muses, regard this tomb, and read our bemoaned names in a shared epitaph. For we, boys together, had the same age but different accomplishments. I, Sidonius, blowing on shrill (pipes) with a harmonious reed... This epitaph, altar, ashes constitute the tomb of the slave boy Xanthias, who was snatched away by a premature death, though he was already skilled with a fluent pen in taking down what the fluent tongue said into abbreviations of so many letters and words. Already no-one would surpass him in reading, already, flying to every dictate (uttered) by his master's voice he had begun to be summoned to be closest confidant (?). Alas, he who alone was marked out to know the secrets of his master has fallen in early death.
Citation	E. Courtney

Other Translations

Mira bien esta tumba, ésta, tú que amas la poesía y la inspiración de las musas, y lee nuestros nombres dignos de llanto en este epitafio común. Pues para nosotros, un par de muchachos, las aficiones fueron distintas, pero la edad la misma. Yo, Sidonio, causando un gran estruendo con la sonora flauta
de bronce * ** Este canto, esta ara, estas cenizas son el sepulcro del joven Jantias, que fue arrebatado por la muerte inexorable cuando ya era capaz de abreviar con pluma rápida tantas letras y palabras cuantas la lengua decía corriendo. Ya nadie lo superaba leyendo, ya, por indicación de su amo, comenzaba -pues acudía rápido a toda clase de dictados- a ser llamado para oír a otras personas. iQué pena! Desapareció por culpa de una muerte prematura, el único que habría conocido los secretos de su señor. (Spanish, C. Fernández Martínez)
Dies, dies Grab erblicke, du, der du Poesie und die Musen liebst, und lies unsere beweinenswerten Namen auf einem gemeinsamen Grabstein, denn wir beiden Knaben besaßen zugleich unterschiedliche Fertigkeit und identisches Alter. Ich, Sidonius, auf tönender Flöte mit spitzer … gellend … Dies ist das Gedicht, dies der Altar, dies die Asche – das Grab des Knaben Xantias, der von einem bitteren Tod dahingerafft wurde, als er bereits gelernt hatte, mit flinkem Stilus und in der Buchstaben und Wörter Kurzschrift festzuhalten, was eine flinke Zunge gerade aussprach. Niemand übertraf ihn mehr im Lesen, und er hatte bereits begonnen, zu jedem Diktate eilend, auf seines Herren Zuruf zum vertrauten Ohr beordert zu werden. Ach weh, in raschem Tod sank er darnieder, er, der allein die Geheimnisse seines Herrn erlernen hatte sollen. (German, P. Kruschwitz)
Este sepulcro, éste, mira (tú) que amas la poesía y las Musas, y lee nuestros nombres, que han de ser llorados, en este epitafio común, pues para nosotros, un par de muchachos, había un arte distinto, una misma edad. Yo, Sidonio, causando gran estruendo con la flauta sonora de madera de arce… Este poema, esta ara, esta ceniza son el sepulcro del joven Jantias, que fue arrebatado por la cruel muerte. Cuando ya era capaz de abreviar con pluma rápida tantas letras y palabras como la lengua corriendo (le) dictaba, cuando ya nadie lo podría superar leyendo, ya por la voz de su amo había comenzado a ser llamado cerca, pues volaba a todo dictado, ¡qué pena! pereció por culpa de una muerte prematura, el único que habría conocido los secretos de su amo. (Spanish, Y. López Sánchez)

Prosopographical Information

Name Sidonius
Gender Male
Legal Status Slave
Role Dedicatee
Name Xantias
Gender Male
Legal Status Slave
Role Dedicatee

Name	Sidonius
Gender	Male
Legal Status	Slave
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Xantias
Gender	Male
Legal Status	Slave
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Lopez Sánchez. Lazzaro, Galsterer and Galsterer (1975, 2010), and Kruschwitz all propose a dating to the 3rd century AD only. Faust agrees with a 3rd century dating, but considers it uncertain. The stela is probably a copy from an original related to another find from the church of Saint Ursula, the fragment of an ara displaying the last lines of the poem (Schmidt 2020, 302-303).

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	101 AD
Date (To)	300 AD
Date (Criteria)	formulae

Bibliography

CLE 00219
ILS 07756
CIL 13, 08355
B. Galsterer, H. Galsterer, Römische Steinschriften aus Köln, Köln 1975, 79, nr. 334 (with photo, tab. 74, fig. 334; also on dating) 🔗 link
L. Lazzaro, Esclaves et affranchis en Belgique et Germanies romaines d'après les sources épigraphiques, Besançon 1993, 252-253, nr. 293 (also on dating) 🔗 link
G. Walser, Römische Inschrift-Kunst. Römische Inschriften für den akademischen Unterricht und als Einführung in die lateinische Epigraphik, Stuttgart 1993, 240-241, nr. 107 (with German translation and photo, 242) 🔗 link
E. Courtney, Musa lapidaria. A selection of Latin verse inscriptions, Atlanta 1995, 128-131, 339-340, nr. 131 (with English translation) 🔗 link
C. Fernández Martínez, Poesía epigráfica latina I, Madrid 1998, 161, nr. 219 (Spanish translation) 🔗 link
W. Faust, Die Grabstelen des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts im Rheingebiet, Köln and Bonn 1998, 133, nr. 137 (also on dating) 🔗 link
A. Chessa, Aspetti letterari in un'iscrizione metrica di Colonia. CLE 219, Boll. Stud. Lat. 35 (2005), 590-603 - AE 2006 🔗 link
AE 2006, 00873
P. Cugusi, Per un nuovo corpus dei Carmina Latina Epigraphica, Materiali e discussioni, Roma 2007, 100. 🔗 link
B. Galsterer, H. Galsterer, Die römischen Steininschriften aus Köln, Mainz 2010, 366-367, nr. 440 (with photo, 366; also on dating) 🔗 link
B. Amiri, Esclaves et affranchis des Germanies: Mémoire en fragments, Stuttgart 2016, 38, nn. 129-130, 61, n. 256, 157, 161. 🔗 link
P. Noelke, Kölner Antikensammlungen und -studien vom Humanismus bis zur Aufklärung und ihr Kontext im deutschen Sprachraum. In: P. Noelke, Kölner Jahrbuch, Vol. 49, Berlin 2016, 628. 🔗 link
P. Kruschwitz, Dichterische Freiheit und sklavische Unterordnung Überlegungen zur Poetik der Sklaverei in den Carmina Latina Epigraphica Germaniens, Gymnasium 125, 3 (2018), 207-211, nr. 5 (with German translation; also on dating) - AE 2018 🔗 link
AE 2018, 01171
M. Schmidt, Arcana lapidis (CIL XIII 8355 = CLE 219). In: M. Limón Belén (ed.), C. Fernández Martínez (ed.), Sub ascia. Estudios sobre Carmina Latina Epigraphica, Seville 2020, 297-306 (on the stele as a copy and on the original fragment of altar) - AE 2020 🔗 link
AE 2020, 00005, 00854, 01660
Y. López Sánchez, Carmina Latina Epigraphica Germaniarum, Seville 2024, 390-404, nr. 4 (with Spanish translation and photo, 390, fig. 113; also on dating) 🔗 link
EDCS-01200194 🔗 link
HD067614 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link

Images

Stela with epitaph of the young slaves Sidonius and Xantias.
Source: EDCS-01200194 (c) Anja Pfeiffer

Editing History

Created	2025-10-19, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status	Complete
Import Notice	Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:24:41, ID there: HD067614

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