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Identification

Reference as: MPL02250
Title Funerary inscription dedicated to Ulpius Quintianus
Trismegistos-No. 279899

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Unknown
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Roma, Musei Capitolini
Inventory number NCE 576
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material marble
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 48.5 cm

height: 71.0 cm

depth: 8.5 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Above the epigraphic field there is a relief showing a horseman accompanied by a dog. The stele is damaged in such a manner that only the lower half of the horseman is visible.
Decoration Tags
  • Animal / dog
  • Animal / horse
  • Person / Horseman

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • No distinction
    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 verses - Interpunctions

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


RESPICEPRAETERIENSVIATORCONSOBRINI
PIETATEPARATA · CVMLACRIMISSTATVIQVAN
TOINMVNEREPOSTOVIDETIS · PANNONIATERRA
CREATTVMVLATITALIATELLVS · ANNXXVIVTSIBI
5CASTRISHONOREMATQVIRERETIPSE · DOLORIMA[]
NOSVBSTENTAVITTEMPORELONGO · POSTEACVM
SPERANSDOLOREMEFFVGISSENEFANDAM · ANTE
DIEMMERITVMHVNCDEMERSITATSTYGAPLVTON
QVOTSIFATAEOSINVISSENTLVCEVIDERE ·
10ISTAPRIVSTRISTEMVNVSPOSVIDOLORIREPLETVS
MVNVSINANEQVIDEMTERRANVNCDIVIDITISTA
OSSVASVBTITVLOPOTIVSTVOPTAVIATORCVMPIE
TATETVAIPSOTERRALEVENOBISFORTVNABEATA
EXQVATVPOSSISOBITVSBENELINQVERENATOS

15VALANTONINVSETAVRVICTORINVSHERED
VLPIOQVINTIANOEQSINGBENMERPOSVER

Respice praeteriens viator consobrini
pietate parata ((·))cum lacrimis statui, quan-
to in munere posto videtis ((·)) Pannonia terra
creat, tumulat Italia tellus. ((·)) Ann(is) XXVI ut sibi
5castris honorem atquireret ipse ((·)) dolori ma[g-]
no substentavit tempore longo, ((·)) postea cum
sperans dolorem effugisse nefandam, ((·)) ante
diem meritum hunc demersit at Styga Pluton,
quotsi fata eo sinuissent luce videre ((·))
10ista prius triste munus posui dolori repletus,
munus inane quidem terra nunc dividit ista
ossua sub titulo potius tu opta, viator, cum pie-
tate tua ipso terra leve nobis fortuna beata
ex qua tu possis obitus bene linquere natos.

15Val(erius) Antoninus et Aur(elius) Victorinus hered(es),
Ulpio Quintiano eq(uiti) sing(ulari) ben(e) mer(enti) posuer(unt).

Respice praeteriens viator consobrini pietate parata ((·))
cum lacrimis statui, quan to in munere posto videtis ((·))
Pannonia terra creat, tumulat Italia tellus. ((·))
Ann(is) XXVI ut sibi castris honorem atquireret ipse ((·))
dolori ma[g] no substentavit tempore longo, ((·))
postea cum sperans dolorem effugisse nefandam, ((·))
ante diem meritum hunc demersit at Styga Pluton,
quotsi fata eo sinuissent luce videre ((·))
ista prius triste munus posui dolori repletus,
munus inane quidem terra nunc dividit ista
ossua sub titulo potius tu opta, viator,
cum pie tate tua ipso terra leve nobis fortuna beata
ex qua tu possis obitus bene linquere natos.
Val(erius) Antoninus et Aur(elius) Victorinus hered(es), Ulpio Quintiano eq(uiti) sing(ulari) ben(e) mer(enti) posuer(unt).
Apparatus

Text follows Cenati 2023. Picture checked by Văduva Marian Vlad, 2025.

Main Translation

Translation Behold as you pass by, traveler, the offerings made by a cousin’s dutifulness. Under tears I erected what you see placed here as an offering. Pannonian land begot, Italian land buries him. For 26 years, to acquire the honour of having served the army for himself, he endured great pain over a long time. Later, when he hoped to have escaped that unspeakable pain, Pluto plunged him into the underworld before his time was up. But had the Fates allowed him to see the light, he himself, filled with pain, would have preceded me in the duty –an unrewarding duty, too! –to erect such (a memorial). Now this soil spreads out his bones instead. You, traveler, wish him, in your dutifulness, soil that is light, (wish) us a blessed fate, so that you may safely relinquish your offspring after you died yourself. Valerius Antoninus and Aurelius Victorinus, the heirs, had this set up for Ulpius Quintianus, imperial horse guard, who deserved it well.
Citation Peter Kruschwitz (adapted by Chiara Cenati)

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameUlpius Quintianus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    OriginForeign
    Legal StatusUnknown
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameAurelius Victorinus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusUnknown
    RoleDedicator
  • NameValerius Antoninus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusUnknown
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 201 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae

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