Inscriptions: Funerary inscription to Hippodamia by her husband

Identification

Reference as:	MPL02083
Title	Funerary inscription to Hippodamia by her husband
Trismegistos-No.	213402

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Apta Iulia
Find Context	Apt, necropolis on the road to Forcalquier, 1946.
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Avignon, Musée Calvet
Inventory number	22348-22352
Current Location Details
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HD065379"}, {"coords": [45.75, 7.25], "id": 1050, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1050", "long_id": "MPL01050", "place": "Summus Poeninus", "text": "C(aius) Iul(ius) Rufus Poenino v(otum) s(olvit) l(\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Summus Poeninus \u2013 Bourg-S.-Pierre (Alpes Poeninae) - HD065695"}, {"coords": [44.7524, 5.37041], "id": 848, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/848", "long_id": "MPL00848", "place": "Dea Augusta Vocontiorum", "text": "[D(is) M(anibus)] G(ai) Iuli Ica[ri?] G(aius) Iuli\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Dea Augusta Vocontiorum \u2013 Die (Narbonensis) - HD018851"}, {"coords": [43.4413, 5.37884], "id": 955, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/955", "long_id": "MPL00955", "place": "Cabri\u00e8s", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069]lli[---] amisisse [dole?]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Cabri\u00e8s (Narbonensis) - 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Object Details

Object Type	slab
Material	marble
State of Preservation	fragmentary (only partially adjoining fragments)
Dimensions	width: 98.0 cm height: 84.5 cm depth: 2.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	2.4
Letter Size in cm (max)	2.8
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion	Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Carmen
Layout Types (Verse)
Left aligned
Scriptio Continua in verse part yes
Abbreviations in verse part yes
Verse Line Correspondence Yes

Prose Verse Presence	Carmen
Layout Types (Verse)	Left aligned
Scriptio Continua in verse part	yes
Abbreviations in verse part	yes
Verse Line Correspondence	Yes

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Unclear rhythm
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

[]FERNISMEMORIAEQSEMPERHABENDAE
H[]MIAESVAECONSTITVITPIGNORAPOSTGEMINA
NAT[]ATRERELICTADILECTAENIMIVMGRATVSVIRAPOLAVSTVS
CO[]QVIPERGISITERMANEQVAESOPARVMPER
5[]RESSVMDVNCPERLEGENSANCXIAFATA
[---]PVSQVONDAMDVNCVITAMANEBAT
[---]ORENTEIVVENTA
[---]NTRARIAVOTI[]
[---]MAERO[---]PARENT[]
10[---]ILECTOC[]RO
[---]SEMPERQ[---]RITO
[---]ROFORMA[---]TEBEATA
[---]TTRANSEG[]BES
[---]VGIENSM[---]ELIQVIT
15[---]OMAR[---]GINEETVNA
[---]PER[---]AQLITORAVISA
QV[]NASCORMO[]OR[]ORTE[]IHIVITAPARAVIT
NAMPARTVGENITAMPARTV[]TRADIDITVMBRIS
[]IPPODAMIAFVITN[]MEND[]VITAMANEBAT
20HAECTAMENEX[]REMITE[---]
QVODQVAEMEGENVITPAT[]
ADQVEVBIVITADATAESTI[]
APTENAMGENITAMT[]IST[---]
HOCMIHIDILECTECO[]XP[]

[Dis in]fernis memoriaeq(ue) semper habendae
H[ippoda]miae suae constituit pignora post gemina
Nat[a sed a m]atre relicta dilectae nimium gratus vir Apolaustus
Co[mes tu] qui pergis iter mane quaeso parumper
5[Siste g]ressum dunc perlegens an{c}xia fata
[--- cor]pus quondam dunc vita manebat
[--- fl]orente iuventa
[--- co]ntraria uoti[s]
[---] maero[re ---] parent[is]
10[--- d]ilecto c[oniuge ca]ro
[---] semperq(ue) [---]rito
[---]ro forma [---]te beata
[--- e]t transeg[it in or]bes
[--- f]ugiens m[--- r]eliquit
15[---]o mar[---]gine et una
[---] per [---]aq(ue) litora visa
Qu[o] nascor mo[ri]or [m]orte[m m]ihi vita paravit
Nam partu genitam partu[s me] tradidit umbris
[H]ippodamia fuit n[o]men d[unc] vita manebat
20haec tamen ex[t]remi te[---]
Quod quae me genuit pat[ria]
Adque ubi vita data est i[]
Aptenam genitam t[r]ist[---]
Hoc mihi dilecte co[niu]x p[]

[Dis in]fernis memoriaeq(ue) semper habendae H[ippoda]miae suae constituit pignora post gemina Nat[a sed a m]atre relicta dilectae nimium gratus vir Apolaustus Co[mes tu] qui pergis iter mane quaeso parumper [Siste g]ressum dunc perlegens an{c}xia fata [--- cor]pus quondam dunc vita manebat [--- fl]orente iuventa [--- co]ntraria uoti[s ---] maero[re ---] parent[is --- d]ilecto c[oniuge ca]ro [---] semperq(ue) [---]rito [---]ro forma [---]te beata [--- e]t transeg[it in or]bes [--- f]ugiens m[--- r]eliquit [---]o mar[---]gine et una [---] per [---]aq(ue) litora visa Qu[o] nascor mo[ri]or [m]orte[m m]ihi vita paravit Nam partu genitam partu[s me] tradidit umbris [H]ippodamia fuit n[o]men d[unc] vita manebat haec tamen ex[t]remi te[---] Quod quae me genuit pat[ria] Adque ubi vita data est i[] Aptenam genitam t[r]ist[---] Hoc mihi dilecte co[niu]x p[]

Apparatus

l.22 reg., orig. Adque
l.23 reg., orig. Apte

Text follows CLE. Picture checked by Cenati and Spalla 2025.

Main Translation

Translation	To the gods of the Underworld and to keep alive the memory of his Hippodamia, her immensely thankful husband Apolaustus set up this pledge to her beloved after twins were born but were snatched away from their mother. Friend, you who haste on your journey, I beg you stay for a moment, step closer to read carefully of the troubles of which I speak. ... when life was still in her body ...flourishing youth ...against vows ...lamenting parent ...to the dear beloved consort ...blessed ...travelled the world ...running away ...left ...seen shores, when I am born I die, life set death in place for me, for when I gave birth it consigned me to the shadows. Hippodamia was her name when still alive. However, these are the last ... since the homeland that gave birth to me... and where life was given, there life was paid for. Born in Apte... My husband set up this monument for me, his beloved.
Citation	Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

Name Hippodamia
Gender Female
Origin Unknown
Role Dedicatee
Name Apolaustus
Gender Male
Origin Unknown
Role Dedicator

Name	Hippodamia
Gender	Female
Origin	Unknown
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Apolaustus
Gender	Male
Origin	Unknown
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by AE 1973.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	301 AD
Date (To)	400 AD
Date (Criteria)	archaeology

Bibliography

ILN 00032.
CLE 02496.
AE 1973, 00326.
L. Tallah, Carte archéologique de la Gaule 84.2: Lubéron et pays d'Apt, Paris 2004, 154. 🔗 link
J. Gascou, J. Guyon, O. Cavalier, La collection d'inscriptions gallo-grecques et latines du musée Calvet, 204, Avignon 2005. 🔗 link
P. Cugusi, M. Sblendorio Cugusi, Carmina latina epigraphica non-Bücheleriani delle Galliae 18, Cesena 2019. 🔗 link
EDCS 🔗 link
HD011084 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2025-03-31, by Fabio Spalla
Work Status	Confirmed
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