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Identification

Reference as: MPL01120
Title Funerary inscription for Silvanus Treverus
Trismegistos-No. 415661

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Colonia Ulpia Traiana
Find Context
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Current Location Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum
Inventory number U 102
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation
Dimensions

width: 90.0 cm

height: 128.0 cm

depth: 26.0 cm

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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

SILVANOLOVPIFTREVER
EQALAVOCONTANXXX
STIPXIIETVIVISPRIMAE
SORORIEIVSHEREDFC

5VOSROGITATQVAESOSORORVNICA
FRATRISAMANTISNIDISSIGILLETIS
NIVEVIOLETISOPVS
Silvano Loupi f(ilio) Trever(o)
eq(uiti) ala Vocont(iorum) an(norum) XXX
stip(endiorum) XII et vivis Primae
sorori eius hered(i?) f(aciendum) c(uravit?).

5Vos rogitat quaeso soror unica
fratris amantis ni dissigilletis
nive violetis opus.
Silvano Loupi f(ilio) Trever(o) eq(uiti) ala Vocont(iorum) an(norum) XXX stip(endiorum) XII et vivis Primae sorori eius hered(i?) f(aciendum) c(uravit?).

Vos rogitat quaeso soror unica fratris amantis
ni dissigilletis nive violetis opus.
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation For Silvanus Treverus, son of Loupus, eques of the ala Vocontiorum. He lived for 30 years, served for 12, and while they were still living, Prima, his sister, their heirs, had this made.
The only sister of a loving brother asks you, I beg you, neither unseal nor destroy this work.
Citation Faithful, P., War and Peace. Military Lives and Identities in Latin Verse Inscriptions, p. 689.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameSilvanus Treverus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    RankOrdo equester
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee
  • NamePrima
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 71 AD
Date (To) 100 AD
Date (Criteria)

Bibliography

Images

  • © Bonn - Rheinisches Landesmuseum (Zeichnung aus CSIR III 2)

Editing History

Created 2026-08-28, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:31:21, ID there: HD078224
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:31
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-18 11:58
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-18 12:01
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-03-31 12:34
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-11-18 12:51
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-11-18 13:18
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-11-18 13:23
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-11-18 13:27
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-29 14:13
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-02-03 11:44
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 13:38
  12. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 13:40
  13. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 13:41
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-02-04 09:48
  15. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-28 13:34
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