Inscriptions: Funerary inscription for Aurelius Claudius

Identification

Reference as:	MPL02240
Title	Funerary inscription for Aurelius Claudius
Trismegistos-No.	190969

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Tomis
Find Context
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Constanța, Muzeu de Istorie Națională și Arheologie
Inventory number	2056
Current Location Details
Vicinity	[{"coords": [44.1807, 28.6343], "id": 2240, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2240", "long_id": "MPL02240", "place": "Tomis", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) et Perpetuae Securitatis hic [---\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://mappola.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fig.-1-scaled.png", "title": "Funerary inscription for Aurelius Claudius"}, {"coords": [44.1807, 28.6343], "id": 838, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/838", "long_id": "MPL00838", "place": "Tomis", "text": "\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd \u03a4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bc\u1f79\u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2 \u039d\u03bf\u03bd\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 {\u0399} \u03bd\u1f75\u03bc\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c7\u1f71\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u0387 \u039a\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b7\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Tomi \u2013 Constan\u0163a (Moesia inferior) - HD017227"}, {"coords": [44.1807, 28.6343], "id": 839, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/839", "long_id": "MPL00839", "place": "Tomis", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) hic eg-o qu[i i-][aceo ------", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Tomi \u2013 Constan\u0163a (Moesia inferior) - 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- - - - - - - - - \u2069]i sic res [---] [---immo]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Callatis? \u2013 Mangalia? (Moesia inferior) - HD043516"}]

Object Details

Object Type	stele
Material
State of Preservation	fragmentary (non-adjoining fragments)
Dimensions	width: unknown height: unknown 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	Banquette scene on the top
Decoration Tags	Scene / banquet

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Praescriptum + carmen
Prose Verse Distinction
No distinction
Scriptio Continua in verse part no
Abbreviations in verse part no
Verse Line Correspondence No, just uses all available space

Prose Verse Presence	Praescriptum + carmen
Prose Verse Distinction	No distinction
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No, just uses all available space

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

DM
ETPERPETVAESECVRITATIS

HIC[---]
VIS[---]ERESTSEMPERQVEM[---]
DEQVERENTEMQVESTVS[---]DQVEQVE
5··[---]LECTV[]AVDIVSNOMINE
QVEMINHO[]ENTEMPOSVERVNTPAREN
TESPREN[]ENAVRELNOMENQVE
CLAVDIV[]ABEBATVETERANVSQVIDEM
LEGXI[]CERTVSOCTIENSSICDEIES
10SVBITOFATARAPVERVNTTENEBRIS
ETLI[]ETSINELIBEROSALVMNOS
HEREDESREMISIETMODOPOST
O[]VMREDDOMEAEVITISRATIONEM
[]VNCOPTOVTHICLAPESAETERNA
15[]SEDEMQVIESCATETMESALVVM
[]VSETHERESHERMESPATRONOTITV
LVMPOSVITHONORANDVM[].PVLCRO

D(is) M(anibus)
et Perpetuae Securitatis

hic [---]
VIS[---]er est semper quem [---]
dequerentem questus [---a]dque que
5ḍ++[---] lectu [Cl]audius nomine
quem in ho[c iac]entem posuerunt paren-
tes. Pren[o]ṃen Aurel(ium) nomenque
Claudiu[m] ḥabebat veteranus quidem
leg(ionis) XI [C]ḷ(audiae) certus octiens sic dec̣ies
10subito fata rapuerunt tenebris
et li[c]et sine liberos alumnos
heredes remisi et modo post
oḅ[it]um reddo meae vitis rationem.
[N]unc opto ut hic lapes aeterna-
15[m] sedem quiescat et me salvum.
[Pi]us et heres Hermes patrono titu-
lum posuit honorandum [s]ẹpulcro.

D(is) M(anibus) et Perpetuae Securitatis

hic [---] VIS[---]er est semper quem [---] dequerentem questus [---a]dque que ḍ++[---] lectu [Cl]audius nomine quem in ho[c iac]entem posuerunt parentes.
Pren[o]ṃen Aurel(ium) nomenque Claudiu[m] ḥabebat
veteranus quidem leg(ionis) XI [C]ḷ(audiae)
certus octiens sic dec̣ies subito fata rapuerunt tenebris
et li[c]et sine liberos alumnos heredes remisi
et modo post oḅ[it]um reddo meae vitis rationem.
[N]unc opto ut hic lapes aeterna[m] sedem quiescat
et me salvum. [Pi]us et heres Hermes patrono titulum posuit honorandum [s]ẹpulcro.

Apparatus

l.2 reg., orig. Securitatis
l.4 reg., orig. adque
l.7 reg., orig. Prenomen
l.11 reg., orig. liberos
l.13 reg., orig. vitis
l.14 reg., orig. lapes

Text follows Cenati 2004.

Main Translation

Translation	To the Spirits of the Departed and to the Eternal Security, here... is always... having lamented laments ... Claudius by name, his parents laid him in this bed. His praenomen was Aurelius, his nomen was Claudius. He was a real veteran after 18 years. Suddenly, the fate has taken me away in the darkness of death, and, childless, I have left as heirs my foster sons, and, soon after death, I give account for my life. And now I wish that this stone may make my everlasting home peaceful and me unharmed. Piously and as heir Hermes placed the (funerary) inscription on the grave for his patron, as a sign of honour.
Citation	C. Cenati

Other Translations

To the spirits of the departed and perpetual safety. Here [...]
[...] is always, whom [...]
the complaint, about which he was complaining, and [...] also [...]
he had been chosen (?) [...]. He was called Claudius, he whom his parents laid in state in the bloom [of youth]. His praenomen was Aurelius, and his nomen
Claudius. Indeed, he was an unerring veteran
of the Legio XI Claudia, and, in his eightieth year, suddenly
the Fates seized him into the Underworld. It is also right
that, because I went back with no children, I am only going to restore
my alumni and my heirs [their freedom] after my death.
Now I hope for a consideration of my vine stick so that, here,
the stone, my eternal abode, will be peaceful and keep me safe.
His pious heir Hermes put up this inscription for his patron, honouring him on his tomb. (Latin, Faithful, P., War and Peace. Military Lives and Identities in Latin Verse Inscriptions, p. 657.)

Prosopographical Information

Name Aurelius Claudius
Gender Male
Profession Military staff
Role Dedicatee
Name Hermes
Gender Male
Profession Military staff
Role Dedicator

Name	Aurelius Claudius
Gender	Male
Profession	Military staff
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Hermes
Gender	Male
Profession	Military staff
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	251 AD
Date (To)	300 AD
Date (Criteria)	language names archaeology

Bibliography

IScM 02, 00383 - AE 1966
AE 1966, 00372
IScM 06/2 00383
CLEMoes 00062
CLE 02961
C. Cenati, Revisiting four latin verse inscriptions from Roman Tomis. In: L. Mihailescu-Bîrliba (ed.), Mensa Rotunda Epigraphica. Papers of the conference held in Iași (20th–21st of September 2022), Cluj-Napoca 2024, , 176-184 (with picure and English translation) 🔗 link
P. Faithfull, War and Peace. Military Lives and Identities in Latin Verse Inscriptions., Vienna 2024, 657. 🔗 link
EDCS-11800291 🔗 link
HD016316 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2025-11-26, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status	Complete
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