Inscriptions: Funerary monument for Ursa

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00013
Title	Funerary monument for Ursa
Trismegistos-No.	214886

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Ovilava
Find Context	Discovered in 1893 at the Gräberfeld Ost at Wels. The inscription was broken into two pieces which subsequently were re-joined.
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Wels, Stadtmuseum Minoritengebäude
Inventory number	12
Current Location Details
Vicinity	[{"coords": [48.1566, 14.0246], "id": 13, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/13", "long_id": "MPL00013", "place": "Ovilava", "text": "Fl(avius) Ianuarius mil(es) vivus fecit. 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Q(- \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Mosaic floor with verse inscription"}, {"coords": [48.0112, 14.179], "id": 9, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/9", "long_id": "MPL00009", "place": "M\u00f6derndorf / Virunum", "text": "D(is) M(anibus). Non gravis hic texit tumu-lus te,\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "http://lupa.at/img/860-4.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for Erasina"}, {"coords": [48.2187, 14.4705], "id": 12, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/12", "long_id": "MPL00012", "place": "Lauriacum", "text": "[---]o positum M[---] [---]us fatis cito [---] [--\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/4969-2.jpg", "title": "Fragmentary funerary inscription"}, {"coords": [48.3436, 15.9121], "id": 14, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/14", "long_id": "MPL00014", "place": "Asturis / Asturis ?", "text": "[O]pstipe si amas", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Bronze brooch in shape of a D"}, {"coords": [46.4658, 15.7672], "id": 15, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/15", "long_id": "MPL00015", "place": "Star\u0161e", "text": "------ [---] iusseru[nt] pat[---]E\u0323L\u0323[---]V[---]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/1693.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription of Surilla"}, {"coords": [46.6903, 14.3535], "id": 16, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/16", "long_id": "MPL00016", "place": "Maria Saal / Virunum", "text": "Aco Acastus. Vita brevis, spes fragil[is. Ven]ite,\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Golden cup with the name of the owner Acastus"}, {"coords": [46.4442, 15.5394], "id": 18, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/18", "long_id": "MPL00018", "place": "\u0160martno na Pohorju", "text": "[---] suum miseranda dolorem num-qua(m) feci dolu\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/1683-1.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription dedicated by a mother"}, {"coords": [46.3209, 15.2452], "id": 19, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/19", "long_id": "MPL00019", "place": "Lemberg pri Novi Cerkvi", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) IESSARAAREL-ATA inter pena-tes Va(\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription set up by Valerius (?) for his wife Valeria (?)"}, {"coords": [46.2173, 15.0927], "id": 20, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/20", "long_id": "MPL00020", "place": "Prebold", "text": "Gaude terra solo et longum laetare per aev[um] Acc\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/6187.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for the bishop Gaudentius"}, {"coords": [48.2253, 12.6767], "id": 21, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/21", "long_id": "MPL00021", "place": "Alt\u00f6tting", "text": "Ama me du-lcis a-mo.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Silver brooch with inscription"}, {"coords": [46.7246, 14.4296], "id": 36, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/36", "long_id": "MPL00036", "place": "Magdalensberg", "text": "[Augusto multos an]nos bono orbis n[ato ---]", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Wall graffito from Magdalensberg"}, {"coords": [46.7246, 14.4296], "id": 37, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/37", "long_id": "MPL00037", "place": "Magdalensberg", "text": "[Libertatem meruimus hic, servi] fuimus domi. ((pa\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Wall graffito from Magdalensberg"}, {"coords": [49.0195, 12.0982], "id": 38, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/38", "long_id": "MPL00038", "place": "Castra Regina", "text": "[Pio L]ari et Larundae [Vind]elicis sac\u003ce\u003ellum [mi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/6563-1.jpg", "title": "Votive inscription to Lars and Larunda"}, {"coords": [49.0195, 12.0982], "id": 47, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/47", "long_id": "MPL00047", "place": "Castra Regina", "text": "[D]a do vita amica", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Ring with verse inscription from Castra Regina"}, {"coords": [49.0195, 12.0982], "id": 48, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/48", "long_id": "MPL00048", "place": "Castra Regina", "text": "Text 1 L(uci) I(- - -) Matu(geni?) Text 2 P(ubl\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Verse inscription on a barrel"}, {"coords": [49.0195, 12.0982], "id": 975, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/975", "long_id": "MPL00975", "place": "Castra Regina", "text": "[Deo L]ari(?) et Larundae [Vind]elicis sacellum [h\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Castra Regina \u2013 Regensburg (Raetia) - HD050375"}, {"coords": [48.8868, 12.5964], "id": 43, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/43", "long_id": "MPL00043", "place": "Sorviodurum", "text": "1 [---]us fecit 2 Piu(s) perea[t] qui nu(m)qua(m\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Graffito on a vase"}, {"coords": [48.2602, 12.5846], "id": 49, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/49", "long_id": "MPL00049", "place": "T\u00f6ging am Inn", "text": "Misce sitio.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from T\u00f6ging"}, {"coords": [46.4175, 15.8272], "id": 902, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/902", "long_id": "MPL00902", "place": " Poetovio", "text": "[---]\u039d\u03a4\u039f \u039a\u03a1\u0399\u03a3\u0399[---] [---] \u0398\u0395\u03a3\u03a0\u0395\u03a3\u0399\u0397\u039d \u0391\u0399 [---] [---]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Poetovio \u2013 Ptuj (Pannonia superior) - HD035593"}, {"coords": [46.4175, 15.8272], "id": 903, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/903", "long_id": "MPL00903", "place": " Poetovio", "text": "[---] \u0394\u039f\u0399\u0394\u0397\u0394\u0397 \u03b3\u03b5\u1f77\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf \u0391 [---] \u03c0\u1f71\u03c4\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba \u03b3\u03b1\u1f77\u03b7\u03c2 \u0392\u03b5\u03b9\u03b8\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Poetovio \u2013 Ptuj (Pannonia superior) - HD035596"}, {"coords": [46.4175, 15.8272], "id": 1064, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1064", "long_id": "MPL01064", "place": " Poetovio", "text": "[D(is) M(anibus)] [et perp]etuae saecuritati (sic\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Poetovio \u2013 Hajdina (Pannonia superior) - HD069061"}, {"coords": [46.4607, 13.0258], "id": 1141, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1141", "long_id": "MPL01141", "place": "Iulium Carnicum", "text": "[I(ovi) O(ptimo)] M(aximo),[Triviis Quadri]viis ce\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from Iulium Carnicum - EDR007230"}, {"coords": [46.4607, 13.0258], "id": 1142, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1142", "long_id": "MPL01142", "place": "Iulium Carnicum", "text": "[-] Laet[i]lio C(ai) [f(ilio) G]a[ll]ode[c(urioni\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from Iulium Carnicum - EDR007301"}, {"coords": [46.4591, 13.0141], "id": 1749, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1749", "long_id": "MPL01749", "place": "Setia", "text": "\u03a0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1f75, \u03c4\u03cc\u03b4\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9 \u1f31\u03b4\u03c1\u03cd\u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf, \u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03bd\u03b9\u03b1 \u03a6\u03bf\u03af\u03b2\u03b7,\u03b8\u03c1\u03b5\u03c0\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c1\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from Setia - EDR159272"}]

Object Details

Object Type	slab
Material	marble
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 55.0 cm height: 33.0 cm depth: 4.4 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	0.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	0.0
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion	Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

FLIANVARIVSMILVIVVSFECIT

CONDITASEPVLCROHICPAVSATVRSA
CRESTIANAFIDELISANXXXVIIIPERPARTVM
SVBITODVCENTEINPIOFATOESTTRADITATARTARIS
5IMISETMESVBITOLINQVITSIBICONIVGEMPROTEMPO
REIVNCTVMQVAMAMBVLOETQVEROMISERQVAMIPSE
AETERNACONDIDITERRAOQVITTRIBVATGENESIS
QVISEPARATCONVIRGINIOSDVLCIS?VTNONLICVIT
NOBISIVGITERSVPERNAMFRVNISCICARITATEM
10HOCDICOLEGENTIBVSETLACRIMISPROSEQVORVERBA:
CONIVNCTIAMANTISSEMPERSEBENEDICEREDEBENT
QVIANIHILERITDVLCIVSQVAMPRIMAIVVENTVS

Fl(avius) Ianuarius mil(es) vivus fecit.

Condita sepulcro hic pausat Ursa
C(h)restiana fidelis an(norum) XXXVIII, per partum
subito ducente inpio fato est tradita Tartaris
5imis et me subito linquit sibi coniugem pro tempo-
re iunctum. Quam ambulo et quero miser, quam ipse
aeterna condidi terra. O quit tribuat genesis
qui separat convirginios dulcis? Ut non licuit
nobis iugiter supernam frunisci caritatem.
10Hoc dico legentibus et lacrimis prosequor verba:
coniuncti amantis semper se bene dicere debent,
quia nihil erit dulcius quam prima iuventus.

Fl(avius) Ianuarius mil(es) vivus fecit.

Condita sepulcro hic pausat Ursa C(h)restiana fidelis an(norum) XXXVIII, per partum subito ducente inpio fato est tradita Tartaris imis et me subito linquit sibi coniugem pro tempore iunctum. Quam ambulo et quero miser, quam ipse aeterna condidi terra. O quit tribuat genesis qui separat convirginios dulcis? Ut non licuit nobis iugiter supernam frunisci caritatem.
Hoc dico legentibus et lacrimis prosequor verba:
coniuncti amantis semper se bene dicere debent,
quia nihil erit dulcius quam prima iuventus.

Apparatus

l.3 reg., orig. Chrestiana
l.6 reg., orig. Quam | reg., orig. quam
l.7 reg., orig. quit
l.11 reg., orig. amantis

Text follows CLE. Checked with image by Mirko Tasso in 2024.

Main Translation

Translation	The soldier Flavius Ianuarius made it while he was alive. Here rests Ursa upon the burial. She was a Christian believer and died aged 38. Suddenly she descended to the deep Tartarus as a consequence of the childbirth, accompanied by a wretched fate. Suddenly she left me, her earthly husband, me who meander and lament inconsolably, me who by myself buried her in the eternal earth. O what lot birth assigns, which divides two sweet spouses, since we could not enjoy forever the superior love. I say this to those who are going to read the epitaph and in tears I keep on saying: good words must be always said about a beloved spouse, since nothing will be sweeter than the early youth.
Citation	Team MAPPOLA

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

Name Flavius Ianuarius
Gender Male
Age Range Adult (21–60) [precision: undetermined]
Profession Military staff
Role Dedicator
Name Ursa
Gender Female
Age Range Adult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Role Dedicatee

Name	Flavius Ianuarius
Gender	Male
Age Range	Adult (21–60) [precision: undetermined]
Profession	Military staff
Role	Dedicator

Name	Ursa
Gender	Female
Age Range	Adult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	301 AD
Date (To)	400 AD
Date (Criteria)	palaeography

Bibliography

CIL 03, 13529
ILCV 1336
CLE 1992
S. Zabehlicky-Scheffenegger, in: K. Holter - W. Rieß - S. Zabehlicky-Scheffenegger (eds.), Stadtmuseum Wels. Katalog. Vorgeschichte, Römerzeit, Frühgeschichte, JbWels 22 (Wels 1981) 127-128, Nr. R 566 🔗 link
G. Thüry, Amor zwischen Lech und Leitha. Liebe im römischen Ostalpenraum, Wels 2010 🔗 link
HD034872 🔗 link
http://lupa.at/4525 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2024-10-24, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status	Confirmed
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