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Identification

Reference as: MPL00233
Title Funerary inscription set up by Cotonia Prima for L. Cotonius
Trismegistos-No. 196114

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Scarbantia
Find Context During the construction of the post office in Széchenyi tér
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 72.0 cm

height: 230.0 cm

depth: 24.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    • Yes, by different layout
    • Yes, by vacat
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

[]COTONIVS
CFPOLCAM
PANVSVET
LEGXVAPOL
5MAGISTERLVD
ANLXXVII
HSE
COTONPRIMA
LCONIVGIET
10SIBIVIVAFECIT
FORTVNATVSTORQ
SERVATVSIKI
CVR[]VE[]

ERVNTQVEMELIORAIAMSE[---]ROS
15VIXISERVATMESECVRVSQVOQVE
NVNCCONTEGORHICTVMVLO
[L(ucius)] Cotonius
C(ai) f(ilius) Pol(lia) Cam-
panus vet(eranus)
leg(ionis) XV Apol(linaris)
5magister lud(i)
an(norum) LXXVII
h(ic) s(itus) e(st).
Coton(ia) Prima
l(iberta) coniugi et
10sibi viva fecit.
Fortunatus Torq(uatus)
Servatus IKI
cur[a]ve[runt].

Eruntque melior AIAMSE[---]ROS
15vixi servat me securus quoque
nunc contegor hic tumulo.
[L(ucius)] Cotonius C(ai) f(ilius) Pol(lia) Campanus vet(eranus) leg(ionis) XV Apol(linaris) magister lud(i) an(norum) LXXVII h(ic) s(itus) e(st). Coton(ia) Prima l(iberta) coniugi et sibi viva fecit. Fortunatus Torq(uatus) Servatus IKI cur[a]ve[runt].

Eruntque melior AIAMSE[---]ROS vixi servat
me securus quoque nunc contegor hic tumulo.
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation Lucius Cotonius Campanus, son of Gaius, of tribe Pollia, veteran of the XV legion Apollinaris, a schoolteacher, aged seventy seven, lies here. Cotonia Prima, freedwoman, made (sc. this monument) while living to her husband and herself. Fortunatus, Torquatus, Servatus, took care of (sc. the monument).
And it will be better... I lived, and life keeps me unharmed, also now that I am covered here by the mound.
Citation Denisa Murzea

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameL. Cotonius
    GenderMale
    Age RangeSenile (61+)
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    Romans 1by1 Linkhttp://romans1by1.com/rpeople/18481
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameCotonia Prima
    GenderFemale
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    Romans 1by1 Linkhttp://romans1by1.com/rpeople/18482
    RoleDedicator
  • NameFortunatus
    GenderMale
    Romans 1by1 Linkhttp://romans1by1.com/rpeople/18483
  • NameServatus
    GenderMale
    Romans 1by1 Linkhttp://romans1by1.com/rpeople/18485
  • NameTorquatus
    GenderMale
    Romans 1by1 Linkhttp://romans1by1.com/rpeople/18484

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 31 AD
Date (To) 70 AD
Date (Criteria)

Bibliography

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  • Funerary inscription set up by Cotonia Prima for L. Cotonius

    Funerary inscription set up by Cotonia Prima for L. Cotonius

    © Sopron - Soproni Múzeum, Foto: Ortolf Harl 2024 Mai

Editing History

Created 2026-04-09, by Denisa Murzea
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-03 13:36
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-03 13:44
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-03 13:46
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-03 16:03
  5. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-08 18:06
  6. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-08 18:46
  7. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-08 18:47
  8. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-08 18:48
  9. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-08 18:50
  10. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-08 20:19
  11. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-09 09:10
  12. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-09 09:30
  13. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-09 09:37
  14. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2026-04-09 09:38
  15. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-04-09 16:54
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