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Identification

Reference as: MPL01214
Title Funerary inscription for Q. Gargilius Iulianus
Trismegistos-No. 250015

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Ostia
Find Context
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Ostia (Roma), Archaeological park
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 38.6 cm

height: 53.0 cm

depth: 4.4 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.4
Letter Size in cm (max) 3.9
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse + Prose
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DMS
QGARGILIVSQFIV[]
NVSQVIETSEMELIV[]
MILESVIXITANNXXIII[]
5MENSIIIDXIII

VNCKARTHAGOLVBENSPVE[]
ETSVONOMINEPARCAE
[]AELESTIMONSTRANTEDEAPE[]
CAERVLAPONTI
10TYRRHENVMPERITERPLACIDA
LABANTEKARINA
ITALIAMMISEREHVICSVO
NVMINELAETO
CASTRORVMDECVSACVIRTV
15TVMNOBILEMVNVS
ROMAAETERNAPOTENS
TRIBVITPOSTTALIADONA

[---?][][---?]DE[---][---]
------?
D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum).
Q(uintus) Gargilius Q(uinti) f(ilius) Iu[li-]
ạnus qui et Semeliu[s],
miles, vixit ann(is) XXIII[I?],
5mens(ibus) III, d(iebus) XIII.

Ṭunc Karthago lubens pueṛ[um]
et suo nomine Parcae
[c]aelesti monstrante dea pe[r]
caerula ponti
10Tyrrhenum per iter placida
labante karina
Italiam misere. Huic suo
numine laeto
castrorum decus ac virtu-
15tum nobile munus
Roma aeterna potens
tribuit post talia dona.

[---? Ga]ṛg̣ịḷ[iu]ṣ [---? ta]ṇde[m ---]Ṿ[---]
------?
D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum). Q(uintus) Gargilius Q(uinti) f(ilius) Iu[li-]ạnus qui et Semeliu[s], miles, vixit ann(is) XXIII[I?], mens(ibus) III, d(iebus) XIII.-

Ṭunc Karthago lubens pueṛ[um] et suo nomine Parcae
[c]aelesti monstrante dea pe[r] caerula ponti
Tyrrhenum per iter placida labante karina
Italiam misere. Huic suo numine laeto
castrorum decus ac virtutum nobile munus
Roma aeterna potens tribuit post talia dona.
[---? Ga]ṛg̣ịḷ[iu]ṣ [---? ta]ṇde[m ---]Ṿ[---] ?
Apparatus

l.6 Karthago orig., reg. Carthago
l.7 nomine orig., reg. numine
l.11 karina orig., reg. carina

Text follows Tuomisto, Vainio.

Main Translation

Translation Sacred to the spirits of the departed.
Quintus Gargilius Iulianus, son of Quintus, also called Semelius, a soldier who lived for 24(?) years, 3 months, and 13 days.
Carthage, willingly, and the Fates, with their divine power, sent him, a boy, while the heavenly goddess showed him across the cerulean sea
along the Tyrrheniam way in a calm, teetering boat,
to Italy. When he delighted in his name,
powerful, eternal Rome bestowed the glory of the army life and virtus, that noble gift, on him. After such gifts
[...]
Citation Faithfull 2024

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameQ. Gargilius Iulianus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    OriginForeign
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee

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Dating

Date (From) 117 AD
Date (To) 161 AD
Date (Criteria)

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Editing History

Created 2026-08-31, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-07-25T11:10:35, ID there: EDR073120
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-25 11:10
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-08-28 15:14
  3. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-12 15:00
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-12-02 12:29
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-12-02 12:33
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-12-02 20:53
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 10:20
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-02-03 12:11
  9. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-31 14:40
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