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Identification

Reference as: MPL01205
Title Funerary incription of Antonius
Trismegistos-No. 122865

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Aquileia
Find Context Aquileia (Udine), on land opposite the National Archaeological Museum (cat. no. 506)
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Aquileia (Udine), Museo Paleocristiano di Monastero
Inventory number 001672
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary (adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: 67.0 cm

height: 40.0 cm

depth: 3.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceVerse
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    Scriptio Continua in verse partyes
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To mark a change in the metrical scheme - Dash

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


ACCEPITREQVIEMPOSTSEPTVAGINTANONMINVSANNOS
NVLLINVMQVANOCVITSINCERITERSEMPERAMAVITAMICOS
THALAMOSVSCEPITSTRATONICENEMCONIVGEIVNCTA
OPRAVAGENESISPRIMVMQVITVLISTIMARITVM
5NIHILPVLCHRIVSFVERATQVAMCONIVGEINANTEMISISSET
IVNCTAQVEMPOSSEDITXXXVVELAMPLIVSANNOS
VTLACRIMAEMINIMAEPERGENITORISVITAFVISSENT
SISCIREVISLECTORQVIPAVSATCA[]VERSORVMREQVIRE
DINPACEXVIIKALNOVN[]ETFACCONSS

Accepit requiem post septuaginta non minus annos,
Nulli numqua nocuit, sinceriter semper amavit amicos,
Thalamo suscepit Stratonicenem coniuge iuncta.
O prava genesis primum qui tulisti maritum;
5 Nihil pulchrius fuerat quam coniuge in ante misisset,
Iuncta quem possedit XXXV vel amplius annos,
Ut lacrimae minimae per genitoris vita fuissent.
Si scire vis lector qui pausat ca[pita] versorum require.
D(efunctus) in pace XVII Kal(endas) Nov(embres) N[epot(iano)] et Fac(undo) cons(ulibus).

Accepit requiem post septuaginta non minus annos,
Nulli numqua nocuit, sinceriter semper amavit amicos,
Thalamo suscepit Stratonicenem coniuge iuncta.
O prava genesis primum qui tulisti maritum;
Nihil pulchrius fuerat quam coniuge in ante misisset,
Iuncta quem possedit XXXV vel amplius annos,
Ut lacrimae minimae per genitoris vita fuissent.
Si scire vis lector qui pausat ca[pita] versorum require.
D(efunctus) in pace XVII Kal(endas) Nov(embres) N[epot(iano)] et Fac(undo) cons(ulibus).
Apparatus

l.2 numqua orig., reg. numquam
l.3 coniuge orig., reg. coniugem | iuncta orig., reg. iunctam
l.4 qui orig., reg. quae
l.5 coniuge orig., reg. coniugem
l.6 quem orig., reg. quam
l.7 minimae orig., reg. minime | per orig., reg. pro

Textus follows: Vergone 2007. Picture checked by Martelli 2026.

The first letter of each verse forms an acrostic spelling the names "Antonius", the deceased.
l. 9: “Defunctus” is represented by a D-shaped symbol crossed by a diagonal line.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameAntonius
    GenderMale
    Age RangeSenile (61+)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameStratonice
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 336 AD
Date (To) 336 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history
  • names
  • prosopography

Bibliography

Images

  • Photo: Lupa 23574

Editing History

Created 2026-10-08, by Anna Martelli
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-07-25T11:09:15, ID there: EDR071976
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