Inscriptions: Funerary inscription for Aelia Hygia

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00136
Title	Funerary inscription for Aelia Hygia
Trismegistos-No.	180534

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Micia (Vețel)
Find Context
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Mintia, Reformed Church
Inventory number
Current Location Details	The monument was reused and inserted in the interior pavement of the church.
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[---]] et in bellis \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Micia, aus? \u2013 H\u0103r\u0103u (Dacia) - HD045596"}]

Object Details

Object Type	stele
Material	andesite
State of Preservation	fragmentary (adjoining fragments)
Dimensions	width: 80.0 cm height: 155.0 cm 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

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Dactylic hexameter Iambic senarius
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

DM
AELIAHYGIAVIXIT
ANNOSXVIII
AELVALENT[]
5COLAPVLFL
LIBERTAEETCONIVGI
GRATAE

QVAMTEMPVSDVRVM
RAPVITFAMILIAM
10QVAESIMVLDACIATE
VOLVITPOSSEDIT
MICIASECVMHAVE
PVELLAMVLTVMADQVE
INAEVVMVALE

D(is) M(anibus)
Aelia Hygia vixit
annos XVIII
Ael(ius) Valent[inus dec(urio?)]
5col(oniae) Apul(ensis) fl(amen)
libertae et coniugi
gratae,

quam tempus durum
rapuit familiam-
10qu{a}e simul. Dacia te
voluit, possedit
Micia secum. {H}ave,
puella, multum adque
in aevum vale.

D(is) M(anibus) Aelia Hygia vixit annos XVIII Ael(ius) Valent[inus dec(urio?)] col(oniae) Apul(ensis) fl(amen) libertae et coniugi gratae,

quam tempus durum rapuit familiamqu{a}e simul.
Dacia te voluit, possedit Micia secum.
{H}ave, puella, multum adque in aevum vale.

Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation	To the Spirits of the Departed. Aelia Hygia lived 18 years. Aelius Valentinus, decurion (?) of the colonia (Aurelia) Apulensis and flamen, (sc. erected this monument) for his freedwoman and dear wife, whom a hard time snatched away, and at the same time the family. Dacia wanted you, Micia holds you. Greetings, girl, many times and forever farewell.
Citation	Denisa Murzea, Peter Kruschwitz

Other Translations

Zeilor Mani,
Aelia Hygia a träit ani optsprezece, Aelius Valentinus?, decurion? al coloniei Apulum, flamen? libertei și soției (sale) dragi, pe care vremea aspră a răpit-o, și totodată familia a distrus-o (prin această moarte); Dacia te-a dorit, (iar acum) Micia te are (în pământul său); să fii salutată fetiță de mai multe ori și adio pe veci. (Romanian, I. I. Russu, IDR)
A los d(ioses) m(anes). Elia Higia vivió dieciocho años. Elio Valentino, [decurión de la colonia] Apulo y sacerdote de la misma [colonia], a su querida liberta y esposa, a quien un día cruel se llevó y a la vez a su familia. La tierra Dacia te quiso pero te tiene consigo Micia. Adiós, jovencita, y que sigas bien durante mucho tiempo (Spanish, C. Fernández Martínez 1999)

Prosopographical Information

Name Aelia Hygia
Gender Female
Age Range Subadult (13–20) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Role Dedicatee
Name Aelius Valentinus
Gender Male
Rank Ordo municipalis
Profession Imperial and municipal staff
Role Dedicator

Name	Aelia Hygia
Gender	Female
Age Range	Subadult (13–20) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Aelius Valentinus
Gender	Male
Rank	Ordo municipalis
Profession	Imperial and municipal staff
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	yes

Dating

Date (From)	181 AD
Date (To)	300 AD
Date (Criteria)	archaeology formulae history

Bibliography

CIL 03, 07868
CLE 01558
IDR 03/3, 00159
Sămărghițan Ana, Poezia funerară în Dacia. In: M. Bărbulescu (ed.), Funeraria Dacoromana. Arheologia funerară a Daciei romane, Cluj-Napoca 2003, 180–181, nr. 12. 🔗 link
C. Cenati, A. Gangoly et al., Depeșe poetice de pe Limesul Dacic, Limes. Frontierele Imperiului Roman în România (2021), 18–19. 🔗 link
C. Cenati, A. Gangoly et al., Poetic dispatches from the Dacian Limes, Poetic dispatches from the Dacian Limes, (https://mappola.eu/index.php/2021/12/14/poetic-dispatches-from-the-dacian-limes/) 🔗 link
HD045444 🔗 link
http://lupa.at/11797 🔗 link
P. Kruschwitz, D. Murzea, Women of Roman Dacia (Re-)Centred: Roman Verse Inscriptions between Macro-History and Micro-Narrative. In: L. Mihailescu-Bîrliba (ed.), R. Ardevan (ed.) et al., Studia epigraphica et historica in honorem Ioannis Pisonis, Wiesbaden 2024, 305-309. 🔗 link

Images

Funerary inscription for Aelia Hygia
Photo: Chiara Cenati

Editing History

Created	2025-03-31, by Denisa Murzea
Work Status	Confirmed
Import Notice

Revisions

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at 2024-03-01 16:01
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