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Identification

Reference as: MPL02210
Title Epitaph of Servilia from Corduba
Trismegistos-No. 223901

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Corduba
Find Context Neghbourhood of Zumbacón-Gavilán, private house, 1968.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Córdoba, Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Córdoba
Inventory number 24570
Current Location Details Hall III.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material limestone
State of Preservation fragmentary (only partially adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: 61.5 cm

height: 63.5 cm

depth: 7.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.5
Letter Size in cm (max) 4.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Unknown

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Left aligned
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate words - Interpunction
    • To mark a pentameter in an elegiac couplet (indentation)

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


NOMINIBVSCVNCTISDIGNOLAVDATA...[]
SERVILIAINMITIFVNERERAPTAIACET
.ONIVNXDVLCISOBITMATERPIANATAPROBA͡NDA
CARASORORVERISMENTISHONESTABONIS
5CVSTOSSANCTADOMVSVITAMIRANDAPVDICA
CONSPICVVMSPECIESQVEPARATIPSADECVS⟦S⟧
FACTAQVATERSOLITOLVCINAENVMINEMATER
PIGNORIBVSCECIDITSEMPERAMANDAPROBIS
INFELIXPATERETGENETRIXSVAVOLNERADEF.E͡N͡T
10....ENTGERMANITEMPORAMAESTA.ENI.

Nominibus cunctis digno laudata p̣ụḍ[ore]
Servilia inmiti funere rapta iacet.
C̣oniunx dulcis obit, mater pia, nata proba͡nda,
cara soror, veris mentis honesta bonis.
5Custos sancta domus, vita miranda pudica,
conspicuum species que parat ipsa decus⟦s⟧.
Facta quater solito Lucinae numine mater,
pignoribus cecidit semper amanda probis.
Infelix pater et genetrix sua volnera defḷe͡n͡t,
10ḍẹf̣ḷent germani tempora maesta g̣eniṣ.

Nominibus cunctis digno laudata p̣ụḍ[ore]
Servilia inmiti funere rapta iacet.
C̣oniunx dulcis obit, mater pia, nata proba͡nda,
cara soror, veris mentis honesta bonis.
Custos sancta domus, vita miranda pudica,
conspicuum species que parat ipsa decus⟦s⟧.
Facta quater solito Lucinae numine mater,
pignoribus cecidit semper amanda probis.
Infelix pater et genetrix sua volnera defḷe͡n͡t,
ḍẹf̣ḷent germani tempora maesta g̣eniṣ.
Apparatus

l.6 reg., orig. que
l.9 reg., orig. volnera

Text follows CIL 02 (2nd ed.). Picture checked by Spalla 2025.
l. 1: di[gno laudatur honore], Mariner.
l. 6: qu(a)⸢e⸣, CIL 02 (2nd ed.); CLEBetica; Rodríguez-Pantoja. qu⸢e⸣, Cugusi 2007. qui, CLEHisp.
l. 10: gen(a)e, Mariner.

Main Translation

Translation Worthy of all praise, admired for her noble dignity, Servilia lies here, Taken by harsh death. A sweet wife, a devoted mother, a virtuous daughter, a dear sister, noble for the true honour of her spirit, has died. The dedicated guardian of the hearth, admirable for her modest conduct, all qualities which bestow distinguished honour upon her. Four times made a mother by Lucina's customary will, she died forever deserving love from her excellent children. Her unfortunate father and her mother lament their misfortunes, her brothers weep down their cheeks for these sad moments.
Citation Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameServilia
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

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

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 71 AD
Date (To) 130 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae
  • palaeography

Bibliography

Images

  • Epitaph of Servilia from Corduba.

    Epitaph of Servilia from Corduba.

    Source: CLEO CO9 (c) M. Fuentes Aguilar

Editing History

Created 2025-09-03, by Fabio Spalla
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-08-08 13:19
  2. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-08-08 13:31
  3. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-08-08 14:02
  4. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-08-08 14:03
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-08-08 14:28
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-08-08 14:28
  7. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-09-03 08:04
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