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Identification

Reference as: MPL01275
Title Funerary inscription for Herennia Cervilla
Trismegistos-No. 260292

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Ricina
Find Context Found in the Villa Potenza district in the modern town Macerata in the necropolis.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Macerata, teatro romano, lapidario
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material local stone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

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

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)
  • Unclear rhythm
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

DM
HERENNIALFCERVILLA
VXORVIXIANNOSXVIIIET
DIEMTRICESIMVM

5LIBERISTRIBVSRELICTIS
VITAFINIVIDOLENS

COIVXKARVSVTMEMORIAE
POSVITHOCVIVOSMIHI
VTPRODESSETINSVPPRE
10MISTALEMTITVLVM
CONSEQVICCARRENAS
VERECVNDVSCONIVGI
INCOMPARABILIBM
D(is) M(anibus).
Herennia, L(uci) f(ilia), Cervilla
uxor vixi annos XVIII et
diem tricesimum.

5Liberis tribus relictis,
vita(m) finivi dolens.

Coiux karus ut memoriae
posuit hoc vivos mihi
ut prodesset in sup{p}re-
10mis talem titulum
consequi. C(aius) Carrenas
Verecundus coniugi
incomparabili b(ene) m(erenti).
D(is) M(anibus). Herennia, L(uci) f(ilia), Cervilla uxor vixi annos XVIII et diem tricesimum. -

Liberis tribus relictis, vita(m) finivi dolens.
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Coiux karus ut memoriae posuit hoc vivos mihi ut prodesset in sup{p}re10mis talem titulum consequi. C(aius) Carrenas Verecundus coniugi incomparabili b(ene) m(erenti).
Apparatus

l.7 Coiux orig., reg. coniux | karus orig., reg. carus
l.8 vivos orig., reg. vivus

Text follows EDR079761 (Branchesi 2005).
The text is partially in iambic senarii (Paci 2006)

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameHerennia Cervilla
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameGaius Carrenas Verecundus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 201 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)

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  • Funerary inscription for Herennia Cervilla

    Funerary inscription for Herennia Cervilla

    Photo: EDR

Editing History

Created 2026-07-29, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-07-25T11:19:23, ID there: EDR079761
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-25 11:19
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-28 10:46
  3. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-28 10:46
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 16:23
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-29 11:19
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-29 11:47
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-29 11:48
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-29 12:05
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-29 14:21
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