Inscriptions: Votive inscription to Lars and Larunda

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00038
Title	Votive inscription to Lars and Larunda
Trismegistos-No.	216824

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Castra Regina
Find Context	Neupfarrplatz, legionary fortress, via principalis, perhaps in secondary use (1972)
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Regensburg, Historisches Museum
Inventory number	225
Current Location Details
Vicinity	[{"coords": [49.0195, 12.0982], "id": 38, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/38", "long_id": "MPL00038", "place": "Castra Regina", "text": "[Deo L]ari et Larundae [Vind]elicis sac\u003ce\u003ellum [mi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/6563-1.jpg", "title": "Votive inscription to Lars and Larunda"}, {"coords": [49.0195, 12.0982], "id": 47, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/47", "long_id": "MPL00047", "place": "Castra Regina", "text": "[D]a do vita amica", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Ring with verse inscription from Castra Regina"}, {"coords": [49.0195, 12.0982], "id": 48, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/48", "long_id": "MPL00048", "place": "Castra Regina", "text": "Text 1 L(uci) I(- - -) Matu(geni?) Text 2 P(ubl\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Verse inscription on a barrel"}, {"coords": [49.0195, 12.0982], "id": 975, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/975", "long_id": "MPL00975", "place": "Castra Regina", "text": "[Deo L]ari(?) et Larundae [Vind]elicis sacellum [h\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Castra Regina \u2013 Regensburg (Raetia) - HD050375"}, {"coords": [47.7991, 13.0475], "id": 17, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/17", "long_id": "MPL00017", "place": "Iuvavum", "text": "[Felicitas] hic habitat nihil intret mali. Q(-\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Mosaic floor with verse inscription"}, {"coords": [48.1566, 14.0246], "id": 13, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/13", "long_id": "MPL00013", "place": "Ovilava", "text": "Fl(avius) Ianuarius mil(es) vivus fecit. Condita s\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/4525-1.jpg", "title": "Funerary monument for Ursa"}, {"coords": [48.1566, 14.0246], "id": 22, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/22", "long_id": "MPL00022", "place": "Ovilava", "text": "S[pe]s [a]more si m[e am]as.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Brooch with inscription from Ovilava"}, {"coords": [48.1566, 14.0246], "id": 32, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/32", "long_id": "MPL00032", "place": "Ovilava", "text": "Veni si amas.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Ring with verse inscription from Ovilava"}, {"coords": [48.1566, 14.0246], "id": 33, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/33", "long_id": "MPL00033", "place": "Ovilava", "text": "Veni pi[a per]pe[t]uo (?)", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Silver ring with verse inscription from Ovilava"}, {"coords": [48.1566, 14.0246], "id": 35, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/35", "long_id": "MPL00035", "place": "Ovilava", "text": "Veni cito amica pia.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Ring with verse inscription from Ovilava"}, {"coords": [48.2253, 12.6767], "id": 21, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/21", "long_id": "MPL00021", "place": "Alt\u00f6tting", "text": "Ama me du-lcis a-mo.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Silver brooch with inscription"}, {"coords": [48.5616, 10.4091], "id": 40, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/40", "long_id": "MPL00040", "place": "Phoebiana", "text": "[---] sumet sibi O[---]III II[---] [---]dero tibi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fragmentary verse inscription from Phoebiana"}, {"coords": [48.5616, 10.4091], "id": 1086, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1086", "long_id": "MPL01086", "place": "Phoebiana", "text": "[---] sumet sibi O[---]III II[---] [---]dero tibi \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Identification inscription from Phoebianae \u2013 Lauingen/Donau (Raetia) - HD075407"}, {"coords": [48.8868, 12.5964], "id": 43, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/43", "long_id": "MPL00043", "place": "Sorviodurum", "text": "1 [---]us fecit 2 Piu(s) perea[t] qui nu(m)qua(m\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Graffito on a vase"}, {"coords": [48.7979, 11.5431], "id": 44, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/44", "long_id": "MPL00044", "place": "Demling", "text": "T(itus) Liv(ius) Ven-tinus n(a)ti(one) He(lvetius?\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/8876-2.jpg", "title": "Funerary stele of T. Livius Ventinus"}, {"coords": [48.2602, 12.5846], "id": 49, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/49", "long_id": "MPL00049", "place": "T\u00f6ging am Inn", "text": "Misce sitio.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from T\u00f6ging"}, {"coords": [48.828, 10.4362], "id": 924, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/924", "long_id": "MPL00924", "place": "Riesb\u00fcrg", "text": "In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) haec [---] celebran\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Riesb\u00fcrg (Raetia) - HD037022"}, {"coords": [48.7867, 10.6893], "id": 2071, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2071", "long_id": "MPL02071", "place": "Harburg", "text": "Amanti s-uccurri.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Harburg"}]

Object Details

Object Type	altar
Material	limestone
State of Preservation	incomplete
Dimensions	width: 48.0 cm height: 91.0 cm depth: 41.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	3.5
Letter Size in cm (max)	3.5
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion	Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Text

Function	dedication / votive inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	iambo-trochaic rhythm
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

[]ARIETLARVNDAE
[]ELICISSACLLVM
[]LITIBVSDICAVIT
[]SFERITRIBVNVS
5MILITI[]NLIBVRNO
[]ATVSA[]ON͡IM͡EDENTIS
OLENTEMARIALIMO
MARCVSATESTEPRISC
AEMILIVSREBITE͡NS
10[]RRIGERASADARCES

[Deo L]ari et Larundae
[Vind]elicis sac<e>llum
[mi]litibus dicavit
[en?]s<i>feri tribunus
5militiṣ [i]n Liburno
[n]atus A[p]on͡i m͡edentis
olente maria limo
Marcus Ateste prisc<o>
Aemilius rebite͡ns
10[tu]rrigeras ad arces.

[Deo L]ari et Larundae
[Vind]elicis sac<e>llum
[mi]litibus dicavit
[en?]s<i>feri tribunus
militiṣ [i]n Liburno
[n]atus A[p]on͡i m͡edentis
olente maria limo
Marcus Ateste prisc<o>
Aemilius rebite͡ns
[tu]rrigeras ad arces.

Apparatus

Picture checked by Cenati 2025.
l. 1: [Pio L]ari, Dietz; [Deo L]ari, Raith
l. 3: [hosp]itibus, Raith
l. 4: [po}steri, Dietz; [en]siferi, Raith, [pro]speri, Pfaffel
l. 5: militi[(a)e i]n Liburno, Lavagne,
l. 6: [n]atus, Lavagne; [s]atus, Dietz, Raith, Pfaffel
l. 8: prisc(a), Dietz; prisc(o), Lavagne; prisc[i], Raith

Main Translation

Translation	He dedicated this little altar to the god Lar and Larunda, their Vindelician garrisoners, the tribune for the sword-bearing soldiers in Liburnia, born by the mud that smells like the sea, in healing Aponus, Marcus Aemilius, formerly from Ateste, upon his return to the arched turrets.
Citation	Faithfull 2024

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

Name M. Aemilius
Gender Male
Origin Foreign
Profession Military staff
Role Dedicator

Name	M. Aemilius
Gender	Male
Origin	Foreign
Profession	Military staff
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

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Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	201 AD
Date (To)	230 AD
Date (Criteria)	history palaeography

Bibliography

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K. Dietz, T. Fischer, Die Römer in Regensburg, Regensburg 1996, 132-136 - AE 1996 🔗 link
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H. Lavagne, Eine Neulesung der Weihinschrift für Larunda aus Regensburg, Bayerische Vorgeschichtsblätter, 62 (1997) (1997), 237-241 - AE 1996 🔗 link
W. Pfaffel, Die Larunda-Inschrift von Regensburg. In: M. Janka (ed.), Enkyklion Kepion (Rundgärtchen). Zu Poesie, Historie und Fachliteratur der Antike. Festschrift H. Gärtner zum 70. Geburtstag, München - Leipzig 2004, 195–222 - AE 2005 🔗 link
O. Raith, Eine poetische Weihinschrift aus Regensburg, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 153 (2005), 99-102 - AE 2005 🔗 link
AE 2005, 01147
O. Raith, Larunda Mater Larum?, Philologus. Zeitschrift für antike Literatur und ihre Rezeption, 150 (2006), 358-359 - AE 2007 🔗 link
AE 2005, 01148
AE 2006, 00961
O. Raith, Deo Lari et Larundae. Der Altar des Tribunen M. Aemilius, Verhandlungen des Historischen Vereins für Oberpfalz und Regensburg 145 (2005), 7-18 - AE 2005 🔗 link
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P. Faithfull, War and Peace. Military Lives and Identities in Latin Verse Inscriptions., Vienna 2024. 🔗 link
HD050375 🔗 link
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