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Inscriptions: Epitaph of Perigenes by his brother Publius Clodius Secundus

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Identification

Reference as: MPL01091
Title Epitaph of Perigenes by his brother Publius Clodius Secundus
Trismegistos-No. 425244

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Civitas Auderiensium
Find Context Gehaborner Hof, found during construction works for a railway, 1868.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Inventory number II B.9
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material sandstone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 66.0 cm

height: 120.0 cm

depth: 31.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Inscription within frame decorated with spiral tendrils. On the left side, relief of bow and quiver. On the right side, relief of vase.
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / frame
  • Object / Bow
  • Object / Quiver
  • Object / vase
  • Plant / Tendril

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Justified
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Justified
    Scriptio Continua in verse partyes
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, just uses all available space

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


[---][---]
[---]HICIN[]
[]ELATRON͡ES
[]MGE͡NVITTEA
5[]OSIDICINOEXCA͡M
PANIAALTERACON
TEXITTELLVSDE͡DIT
ALTERANASCIPE͡RI
GE͡N͡ESHABETTITVLV͡M
10SECV͡N͡DVSOFFICIV͡M
PCLODSECV͡N͡DV͡S
FRATRIPIENTISSIMO(scil. FECIT)

[---]ẹṃ[---]
[---] hic in[terfe-]
[ce]ṛe latron͡es,
[que]m ge͡nuit Tea-
5[n]o Sidicino, ex Ca͡m-
pania. Altera con-
texit tellus, de͡dit
altera nasci. Pe͡ri-
ge͡n͡es habet titulu͡m,
10Secu͡n͡dus officiu͡m.
P(ublius) Clod(ius) Secu͡n͡du͡s
fratri pientissimo (scil. fecit).

[---]ẹṃ[--- ] hic in[terfece]ṛe latron͡es,
[que]m ge͡nuit Tea[n]o Sidicino, ex Ca͡mpania.
Altera contexit tellus, de͡dit altera nasci.
Pe͡rige͡n͡es habet titulu͡m, Secu͡n͡dus officiu͡m.
P(ublius) Clod(ius) Secu͡n͡du͡s fratri pientissimo (scil. fecit).
Apparatus

l.2 reg., orig. interfecere
l.4 reg., orig. Teano
l.5 reg., orig. Sidicino

Text follows Carbonell and Pena. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.
l. 0: [D. M. ..Clodius Perigenes], CIL. [Dis Manibus... Clodius Perigenes...], Baatz. [D(is) M(anibus) --- CLodius Perigenes ---], Faust, CSIR.
l. 1: [versant]em [peregr]e, CLE. [Heu! fratr]em .......e, CIL. [---]em[--- e], Faust. Line not included in Carbonell and Pena.
ll. 4-5: Tea/[no], CSIR.

Main Translation

Translation ... bandits killed him, whom Teanum Sidicinum generated from Campania. One land welcomed his body, the other gave birth to him. Perigenes got his epitaph, Secundus had his duty.

Publius Clodius Secundus (made this) for his most affectionate brother.
Citation Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NamePerigenes
    GenderMale
    OriginForeign
    RoleDedicatee
  • NamePublius Clodius Secundus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography

Bibliography

Images

  • Stele with epitaph of Perigenes by his brother Publius Clodius Secundus.

    Stele with epitaph of Perigenes by his brother Publius Clodius Secundus.

    Source: https://lupa.at/8583 (c) Darmstadt - Hessisches Landesmuseum; Photo: Ortolf Harl 2005

  • Epitaph of Perigenes.

    Epitaph of Perigenes.

    Source: https://lupa.at/8583 (c) Darmstadt - Hessisches Landesmuseum; Photo: Ortolf Harl 2005

  • Left side of the stele with epitaph of Perigenes.

    Left side of the stele with epitaph of Perigenes.

    Source: https://lupa.at/8583 (c) Darmstadt - Hessisches Landesmuseum; Photo: Kresimir Matijevic 2009

  • Right side of the stele with epitaph of Perigenes.

    Right side of the stele with epitaph of Perigenes.

    Source: https://lupa.at/8583 (c) Darmstadt - Hessisches Landesmuseum; Photo: Kresimir Matijevic 2009

Editing History

Created 2025-11-25, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:28:22, ID there: HD075906
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:28
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-25 08:47
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-25 08:48
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-25 08:48
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-03-31 12:26
  6. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-11-14 12:12
  7. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-11-14 15:33
  8. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-11-14 15:38
  9. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-11-14 16:13
  10. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-11-16 13:19
  11. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-11-17 07:28
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-11-18 11:37
  13. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-11-21 11:00
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-11-25 19:05
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