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Inscriptions: Epitaph of Aufidia Agathe by her husband Caius Aufidius Fidelis

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Identification

Reference as: MPL01933
Title Epitaph of Aufidia Agathe by her husband Caius Aufidius Fidelis
Trismegistos-No. 496942

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Sassina
Find Context Sarsina (Forlì-Cesena), left bank of the river Savio, 1746.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Urbino, Palazzo Ducale, Museo del Lapidario di Urbino
Inventory number 40809
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 46.0 cm

height: 80.0 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 Inscription within moulded frame.
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / frame

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    • Yes, by different layout
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Centered
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Left aligned
    Scriptio Continua in verse partyes
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


DM
AVFIDIAEAGATH͡E
CAVFIDIVSFI
DELISLIBETCO
5NIVGIBENEME
RENTI

SIMERITISPOSSEMDARE
MVNERATANTVM
QVANTATIBIDEBENT
10VRPRAEMIALAVDIS
AVREVSHICTITVLVSET
LITTERANOMINISAVRO
CONDECORATALEGIDEB
ETTAMSIMPLICIVITA
15QVAESVPERISSEMPER
TAMGRATAFVISTI
INTERSECVR.SSINE
CRIMINEVITAE
SITP..CO
ETSVPERHCSITTIBITE
20RRALEVIS

D(is) M(anibus).
Aufidiae Agath͡e
C(aius) Aufidius Fi-
delis lib(ertae) et co-
5niugi bene me-
renti.

Si meritis possem dare
munera tantum,
quanta tibi debent-
10ur praemia laudis,
aureus hic titulus et
littera nominis auro
condecorata legi deb-
et, tam simplici vita
15quae superis semper
tam grata fuisti.
Inter securạs sine
crimine vitae
sit pṛẹco<r>
et super h<o>c sit tibi te-
20rra levis.
D(is) M(anibus). Aufidiae Agath͡e C(aius) Aufidius Fi-
delis lib(ertae) et co-
5niugi bene me-
renti.-

Si meritis possem dare munera tantum,
quanta tibi debent|(10)ur praemia laudis,
aureus hic titulus et littera nominis auro
condecorata legi deb|et, tam simplici vita
quae superis semper tam grata fuisti.
Inter securạs sine crimine vitae

sit pṛẹco<r> et super h<o>c sit tibi te|(20)rra levis.
Apparatus

Text follows CLE and CIL 11. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.
ll.7-14: hexameters with a missing foot (CIL 11).

Main Translation

Translation To the Manes. Caius Aufidius Fidelis made this for his most deserving freedwoman and wife Aufidia Agathe.

If I could offer you gifts equal to your merits, as much praise as you are due, this epitaph should be embellished with gold and the letters of your name also adorned with gold, for you were so honest and beloved among the living. I pray you are among those who rest in peace for their guiltless life, and that the earth may be light upon you.
Citation Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameAufidia Agathe
    GenderFemale
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameCaius Aufidius Fidelis
    GenderMale
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by B. Casella in EDR171806.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography
  • language

Bibliography

Images

  • (c) Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum - BBAW

Editing History

Created 2025-05-28, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-29T10:23:52, ID there: EDR171806
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-08-29 10:23
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-10-29 14:09
  3. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-04-11 09:02
  4. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-04-11 09:05
  5. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-04-11 09:06
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-04-13 10:12
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-04-13 10:17
  8. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-20 14:08
  9. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-20 14:09
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-28 14:53
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