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Inscriptions: Epitaph of Titus Acclenus, Annia Helena and Decimus Vergilius Amarantus

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Identification

Reference as: MPL02205
Title Epitaph of Titus Acclenus, Annia Helena and Decimus Vergilius Amarantus
Trismegistos-No. 223640

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Corduba
Find Context Church of Santa Marina, reused in northern gateway.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Màlaga, Museo de Màlaga
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type block
Material limestone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 89.0 cm

height: 44.0 cm

depth: 37.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.5
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Justified
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Justified
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, just uses all available space
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate words - Interpunction

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • iambo-trochaic rhythm
Rhythmisation Accentuating scheme

Inscription & Translations

TACCLENVSTFQVICENT
ANNIATLHELENAVXOR

FRVGISVMMAQVMPROBITATE
.IDEMAGNACONCORDESINDIGNE
5MORBOEXCRVCIATIMORTEOBIERVNT

DVERGILIVSAMARANTVSALXXX
T(itus) Acclenus T(iti) f(ilius) Qui(rina) cent(urio?).
Annia T(iti) l(iberta) Helena uxor.

Frugi summa qum probitate
f̣ide magna concordes indigne
5morbo excruciati morte obierunt.

D(ecimus) Vergilius Amarantus, a(nnorum) LXXX.
T(itus) Acclenus T(iti) f(ilius) Qui(rina) cent(urio?). Annia T(iti) l(iberta) Helena uxor.

Frugi summa qum probitate f̣ide magna concordes
indigne morbo excruciati morte obierunt.
D(ecimus) Vergilius Amarantus, a(nnorum) LXXX.
Apparatus

l.3 reg., orig. qum

Text follows CIL 2 (2nd ed.). Picture checked by Spalla 2025.
l. 1: cent(urio?) vel vent(enarius?), or Cent( ) as personal name, CLEHisp.

Main Translation

Translation Titus Acclenus, son of Titus, of the Quirina tribe, centurion (?). Annia Helena, freedwoman of Titus, his wife.

They lived honestly, with the utmost integrity and great trust, in harmony. They passed undeservedly tormented by a disease.

Decimus Vergilius Amarantus, eighty years.
Citation Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameTitus Acclenus
    GenderMale
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameAnnia Helena
    GenderFemale
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameDecimus Vergilius Amarantus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Stylow (CIL 02 [2nd ed.]).

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 29 BC
Date (To) 30 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • language
  • names
  • palaeography

Bibliography

Images

  • Epitaph of Titus Acclenus, Annia Helena and Decimus Vergilius Amarantus.

    Epitaph of Titus Acclenus, Annia Helena and Decimus Vergilius Amarantus.

    Source: EDCS-09000304 (c) M. G. Schmidt

Editing History

Created 2025-09-08, by Fabio Spalla
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-08-05 08:22
  2. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-08-05 09:09
  3. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-08-05 09:10
  4. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-08-05 09:54
  5. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-08-05 15:11
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-08-06 13:17
  7. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-09-03 06:11
  8. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-09-03 06:11
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-09-08 11:26
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