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Inscriptions: Epitaph to the slave Ephebus by his parents and brother

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Identification

Reference as: MPL01195
Title Epitaph to the slave Ephebus by his parents and brother
Trismegistos-No. 282944

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Peltuinum (Prata d'Ansidonia)
Find Context Prata d'Ansidonia (L'Aquila), Tussio hamlet, locality known as Piedi del Paese, private property, 1913.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location L'Aquila, Prata d'Ansidonia, frazione Tussio
Inventory number
Current Location Details Tussio hamlet, reused in a wall of a private property.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material local stone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 80.0 cm

height: 120.0 cm

depth: 20.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 5.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography The inscription is contained within a frame, except for the dedication to the Manes, still partly visible on top of the frame.
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / frame

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Centered
    • Justified
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Justified
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate words - Interpunction

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


[]MS
EPHEBOLCAESIENI
FIRMISERVIXITA͡NNXXV
ACCEPTVSPATERET
5LVPERCAMATERVIVI
FILIOBENEMERENTIET
PRIMIGENIVSFRATRIOPTI
POSVERVN͡T

SINONFATORVMPRA͡EPOS
10TERAIVRAFVISSEN͡THOC
TITVLOMATERDEBVIT
ANTELEGI

STTL

[D](is) M(anibus) S(acrum).
Ephebo L(uci) Caesieni
Firmi ser(vo), vixit a͡nn(is) XXV,
Acceptus pater et
5Luperca mater, vivi
filio bene merenti, et
Primigenius fratri opti(mo)
posuerun͡t.

Si non fatorum pra͡epos-
10tera iura fuissen͡t, hoc
titulo mater debuit
ante legi.

S(it) t(ibi) t(erra) l(evis).
[D](is) M(anibus) S(acrum). Ephebo L(uci) Caesieni Firmi ser(vo), vixit a͡nn(is) XXV, Acceptus pater et Luperca mater, vivi filio bene merenti, et Primigenius fratri opti(mo) posuerun͡t. -

Si non fatorum pra͡epos|(10)tera iura fuissen͡t,
hoc titulo mater debuit ante legi.
S(it) t(ibi) t(erra) l(evis).
Apparatus

Text follows CIL. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.

Main Translation

Translation Sacred to the Manes. To Ephebus, slave of Lucius Caesienus Firmus, who lived twenty-five years, his father Acceptus and his mother Luperca have dedicated this while still living to their exceptionally deserving son, and Primigenius has dedicated it to his excellent brother. If the laws of destiny had not given in to absurdity, one would have read first of his mother in this epitaph. May the earth be light upon you.
Citation Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameEphebus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusSlave
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameAcceptus
    GenderMale
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusUnknown
    RoleDedicator
  • NameLuperca
    GenderFemale
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusUnknown
    RoleDedicator
  • NamePrimigenius
    GenderMale
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusUnknown
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed in AE.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 31 AD
Date (To) 70 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography
  • formulae

Bibliography

Images

  • (c) Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum - BBAW

  • (c) Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum - BBAW

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-07-25T11:07:33, ID there: EDR033215
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-25 11:07
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-08-26 20:34
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-08-26 20:34
  4. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-03-27 12:28
  5. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-03-27 13:51
  6. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-03-27 13:57
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-27 18:18
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-27 18:20
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-27 18:21
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-27 18:22
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-27 18:23
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-27 18:23
  13. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-03-28 16:40
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-28 18:30
  15. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-28 18:31
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