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Identification

Reference as: MPL01431
Title Funerary inscription for Iulia Firma
Trismegistos-No. 256618

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Suessa Aurunca
Find Context Found in the church of St. Eustachio (end of 15th century); secondarily used
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Sessa Aurunca (Caserta), piazza Umberto I
Inventory number
Current Location Details Hercules Fountain
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type altar
Material local stone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 55.0 cm

height: 105.5 cm

depth: 61.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.7
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.5
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

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DMS
IVLIAFIRMA
SITATVMVLO

QVAECOMMVNE
5TORVMSERVAVITCAS
TAMARITIETFIDEIPLE
NAPIETATENOBILIVIXIT
SVBREPTAESTOCVLIS
IVVENISFATODICTAN
10TEINIQVO
MOCIMVS
SABINAEAVGVSTI
SORORISLIBTABVL
COIVGI
BMF
D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum).
Iulia Firma
sita tumulo,

quae commune
5torum servavit cas-
ta mariti et fidei ple-
na pietate nobili vixit;
subrepta est oculis
iuvenis fato dictan-
10te iniquo.
Mocimus,
Sabinae Augusti
sororis lib(ertus), tabul(arius),
coiugi
b(ene) m(erenti) f(ecit).
D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum). Iulia Firma sita tumulo,-

quae commune torum servavit casta mariti
et fidei plena pietate nobili vixit;
subrepta est oculis iuvenis fato dictante iniquo.
Mocimus, Sabinae Augusti sororis lib(ertus), tabul(arius), coiugi b(ene) m(erenti) f(ecit).
Apparatus

l.13 coiugi orig., reg. coniugi

Text follows CIL, checked by G. Camodeca in 1988.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameIulia Firma
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameMocimus
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 180 AD
Date (To) 192 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history
  • names

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Editing History

Created 2026-10-15, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-22T14:45:15, ID there: EDR115524
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-08-22 14:45
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-10-08 10:46
  3. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-10-08 10:47
  4. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-10-08 10:47
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 12:20
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-01 08:39
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-01 08:40
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-01 08:42
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-01 08:43
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-01 15:09
  11. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-09-01 08:15
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