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Identification

Reference as: MPL00003
Title Funerary inscription of Maria Martina and L. Furnius Pribatus
Trismegistos-No. 570927

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context unknown
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location CittΓ  del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani, Galleria Lapidaria
Inventory number 5790
Current Location Details Galleria Lapidaria, 12, 22
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 71.0 cm

height: 54.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DM
MARIAMARTINA
ETLFVRNIVSPRIBATVS
MILCOHPRIMAEVIC`F´ECER
5SIBILIBERTISLIBERTA
BVSQVEPOSTERISQVEE
ORVM
MEMORIAFRVOR
QVEMIIIBAAMABI
D(is) M(anibus).
Maria Martina
et L(ucius) Furnius Pribatus,
mil(es) coh(ortis) primae vic(ilum) `f´ecer(unt)
5sibi libertis liberta-
busque posterisque e-
orum.
Memoria fruor
quem IIiba amabi.
D(is) M(anibus). Maria Martina et L(ucius) Furnius Pribatus, mil(es) coh(ortis) primae vic(ilum) `f´ecer(unt) sibi libertis libertabusque posterisque eorum.

Memoria fruor quem IIiba amabi.
Apparatus

l.3 reg., orig. Pribatus
l.4 reg., orig. vicilum
l.8 reg., orig. IIiba | reg., orig. amabi

Text follows CIL. Checked on photo by Cenati 2023.
l. 3: et Furnius CIL, corrected by Cenati 2023.

Main Translation

Translation To the Spirits of the Departed.
Maria Martina and L. Furnius Pribatus, soldier of the first cohort of the vigils had this made for themselves, their freedmen and freedwomen and their offspring. I enjoy the memory of the one I loved while alive.
Citation Chiara Cenati

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameMaria Martina
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator
  • NameFurnius Pribatus
    GenderMale
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

The proposal for verse inscription is made by Cholodniak 1904. The text is rhythmical, but no metrical structure can be detected.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 201 AD
Date (To) 350 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae
  • language
  • names
  • palaeography

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-14, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
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