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Inscriptions: Epitaph of Septumia Severa by Lucius Poblicius Abascantus

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Identification

Reference as: MPL02177
Title Epitaph of Septumia Severa by Lucius Poblicius Abascantus
Trismegistos-No. 558235

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Arilica
Find Context Reused in the palace of the local governor.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Verona, Museo Lapidario Maffeiano
Inventory number 28350
Current Location Details Basement.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 59.2 cm

height: 99.0 cm

depth: 14.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.2
Letter Size in cm (max) 8.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Stele with round top terminating in acroteria on the sides.
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / Acroterion

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Centered
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate words - Interpunction

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

SEPTVMIAELL
SEVERAE
LPOBLIC hedera ABASCAN͡T

PRO hedera MERITIS hedera PARVM
5PROFACVLTATESATIS
Septumiae L(uci) l(ibertae)
Severae
L(ucius) Poblic(ius) ((hedera)) Abascan͡t(us).

Pro ((hedera)) meritis ((hedera)) parum,
5pro facultate satis.
Septumiae L(uci) l(ibertae) Severae L(ucius) Poblic(ius) ((hedera)) Abascan͡t(us).

Pro ((hedera)) meritis ((hedera)) parum, pro facultate satis.
Apparatus

l.1 reg., orig. Septumiae

Text follows CIL. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.

Main Translation

Translation Lucius Poblicius Abascantus (made this) for Septumia Severa, freedwoman of Lucius.

Too little for your worth, enough for my possibilities.
Citation Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameSeptumia Severa
    GenderFemale
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameLucius Poblicius Abascantus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Masaro. Masaro and Mondin propose a dating to the 2nd century AD broadly but without criteria, while Bertolazzi and Guidorizzi prefer an earlier date to the first half of the 2nd century AD, based on palaeography and the use of hederae.

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Dating

Date (From) 151 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • palaeography

Bibliography

Images

  • (c) G. Masaro 2017

Editing History

Created 2025-06-25, by Fabio Spalla
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
  1. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-06-23 14:52
  2. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-06-23 16:30
  3. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-06-23 16:30
  4. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-06-23 16:33
  5. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-06-23 16:33
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-06-25 17:59
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