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Identification

Reference as: MPL00140
Title Funerary inscription for Antonia
Trismegistos-No. 179069

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Sarmizegetusa
Find Context Discovered in 1910 during the construction works of a house (no. 109) in the village Grădiște, in the close vicinity of Sarmizegetusa.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details lost
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 142.0 cm

height: 123.0 cm

depth: 20.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 14.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

DM
HISTEGITVRTERRIS
ANTONIAQVAM
GENERAVITPERGAMOS
5EXCELSOMONTESVPER
POSITAPASCIBVSINSO
NISTITVLVM[]
NIVS[---]
D(is) M(anibus)
His tegitur terris
Antonia, quam
generavit Pergamos,
5excelso monte super-
posita pascibus inso-
nis titulum [Anto-]
nius [---]
D(is) M(anibus) His tegitur terris Antonia, quam generavit Pergamos, excelso monte superposita pascibus insonis titulum [Anto]nius [---]
Apparatus

l.6 pascibus orig., reg. pastibus

The text follows Cenati, Murzea, González Berdús 2023.
IDR, pascuis Nisonis

Main Translation

Translation To the Spirits of the Departed.
Antonia, whom Pergamon, situated on top of a towering mountain, begat, is
covered in this soil: in the soundless pastures, Antonius (sc. set up) the inscription …
Citation P. Kruschwitz, D. Murzea

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameAntonia
    GenderFemale
    OriginForeign
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    Romans 1by1 Linkhttp://romans1by1.com/rpeople/1157
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameAntonius (?)
    GenderMale
    OriginForeign
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    Romans 1by1 Linkromans1by1.com/rpeople/1158
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history
  • archaeology
  • formulae

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Editing History

Created 2026-08-12, by Denisa Murzea
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-08 19:05
  2. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-08 19:21
  3. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-09 13:13
  4. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-09 13:24
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-04-09 16:49
  6. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-12 09:43
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