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Identification

Reference as: MPL00303
Title Funerary stele set up by P. Aelius Firmus
Trismegistos-No. 190876

Object

Provenance and Location

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Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 47.0 cm

height: 173.0 cm

depth: 23.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.0
Execution Technique graffito
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Person / man
  • Scene / banquet

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse interrupted by verse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DM
[]VIATORET
[]EGESILEXE
[]ETIBI

5PAELIVS
[]IRMVSVET
[]GXICLSEVIVO
[---]TANICONIVGI
SBMP
D(is) M(anibus)
[Resta,] viator, et
[hoc (?) l]ege si lex e-
[st leger]e (?) tibi.

5P(ublius) Aelius
[F]irmus vet(eranus)
[le]g(ionis) XI Cl(audiae) se vivo
[sibi et ---]tani coniugi
s(uae) b(ene) m(erenti) p(osuit).
D(is) M(anibus)
[Resta,] viator, et [hoc (?) l]ege si lex e[st leger]e (?) tibi.
P(ublius) Aelius [F]irmus vet(eranus) [le]g(ionis) XI Cl(audiae) se vivo [sibi et ---]tani coniugi s(uae) b(ene) m(erenti) p(osuit).
Apparatus

Text follows ILBulg and CLEMoes.

Main Translation

Translation To the Spirits of the Departed. Stay, passer by and read the inscription, if you are used to read. P. Aelius Firmus, veteran of the legion XI Claudia had this set up during his lifetime for himself and for his wife
… who well deserved it.
Citation Cenati, González Berdús 2023

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Prosopographical Information

  • NamePublius Aelius Firmus
    GenderMale
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 201 AD
Date (To) 250 AD
Date (Criteria)

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-03-20 12:24
  2. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-03-20 12:27
  3. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-03-20 12:29
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-03-20 12:35
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-03-20 12:35
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-03-20 15:37
  7. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-07-21 08:13
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 14:19
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 14:20
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-30 17:50
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-30 17:51
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