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Identification

Reference as: MPL01852
Title Epitaph of Rufria Verna by her daughter
Trismegistos-No. 514633

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Beneventum
Find Context Pago Veiano (Benevento), between the district of Terraloggia and Pago, 1871. Then in the Polvere family property.
Latitude 41.2443
Longitude 14.8664
Current Location unknown
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
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

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Iambic senarius
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


HOSPESRESISTEETQVAE
SVMINMONVMENTO
LEGEVERNARVFRIAHIC
SVMSITAIVENTIAHILARA
5MONVMEFECIT
MATRIETSIBIETVIRO
LALBEIVSHILARVS

Hospes resiste et quae
sum in monumento
lege. Verna Rufria hic
sum sita. Iuentia Hilara
5monume<tum> fecit
matri et sibi et viro.
L(ucius) Albeius Hilarus.

Hospes resiste et quae sum in monumento lege.
Verna Rufria hic sum sita. Iuentia Hilara
monume<tum> fecit matri et sibi et viro.
L(ucius) Albeius Hilarus.
Apparatus

l.4 reg., orig. Iuentia

Text follows CIL 09 and CLE.

Main Translation

Translation Stranger, stand still and read of me, buried in this grave. I, Verna Rufria, lie here. Iuventia Hilara put up this monument for her mother, herself, and her husband. Lucius Albeius Hilarus.
Citation Fabio Spalla

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameRufria Verna
    GenderFemale
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameIuventia Hilara
    GenderFemale
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicator
  • NameLucius Albeius Hilarus
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Mommsen in CIL 09.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 50 BC
Date (To) 1 BC
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography

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Editing History

Created 2025-05-28, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-29T10:14:17, ID there: EDR165429
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-08-29 10:14
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-09-18 12:35
  3. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-12 09:08
  4. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-12 09:10
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-19 15:25
  6. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-20 13:46
  7. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-20 13:46
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-28 14:41
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