Inscriptions: Epitaph of Aurelia Tistcia

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00406
Title	Epitaph of Aurelia Tistcia
Trismegistos-No.	203990

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Tigava
Find Context
Latitude	36.241
Longitude	1.64184
Current Location	Algiers, Musée des Antiquités
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity	[{"coords": [36.241, 1.64184], "id": 406, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/406", "long_id": "MPL00406", "place": "Tigava", "text": "Memorie Aurelie Tistciae, qui istitit sepultura. E\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of Aurelia Tistcia"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 210, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/210", "long_id": "MPL00210", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Hic iacet egregia meritis et gratia morum, nobilis\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$ER_CLE_01836.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for Astania"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 388, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/388", "long_id": "MPL00388", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Si quis ut vivat quaerit addisc-cere semper, hic l\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$EDCS-26500017.jpg", "title": "Mosaic inscription from a baptistery "}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 391, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/391", "long_id": "MPL00391", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Vivite felices quibu[s] haec sunt condita tecta, s\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Didactic mosaic from Tipasa"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 397, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/397", "long_id": "MPL00397", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Resurrectionem carnis futuram esse qui credit. Ang\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Mosaic inscription on the Resurrection"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 398, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/398", "long_id": "MPL00398", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Quisquis es Christianus ad sublimia vere qui tendi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Mosaic inscription on the importance of charity"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 399, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/399", "long_id": "MPL00399", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Suscipit eximium sublimis regia caeli Basilium mer\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of Basilius"}, {"coords": [36.7245, 3.55632], "id": 400, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/400", "long_id": "MPL00400", "place": "beni A\u00efcha hill", "text": "Spes in [---]ei Per te, Nu[---]el ista videmus Fir\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "The inscription from the beni A\u00efcha hill"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 403, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/403", "long_id": "MPL00403", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Alexander episcopu[s l]egibus ipsis altaribus natu\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of the bishop Alexander"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 405, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/405", "long_id": "MPL00405", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Qui potuit cunctos operum superare labores explici\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Mosaic inscription about some work of rearrangement in Tipasa"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 412, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/412", "long_id": "MPL00412", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "\u039c\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03ce\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03ae\u03bd\u03b4\u1fbd(\u03b5)\u03b9-\u03c3\u03bf\u03c1\u1fb7\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f14\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd \u03b3-\u03bd\u03af[\u03c3]\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Maxima"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 798, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/798", "long_id": "MPL00798", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Alto labsa loco, casu defuncta nefando. Primis rap\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$JL_AE_1982_00984.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of Fidentia by her father Fidentius"}, {"coords": [36.6073, 2.18683], "id": 807, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/807", "long_id": "MPL00807", "place": "Caesarea", "text": "Iuliae reg\u0323[is [---] l(ibertae) Calloni] C(aius) I\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://ccj-epicherchel.huma-num.fr/interface/phototheque/125/112988_det.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of Iulia Callo by her husband C.Iulius, freedwoman and freedman of king Juba"}, {"coords": [36.6073, 2.18683], "id": 808, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/808", "long_id": "MPL00808", "place": "Caesarea", "text": "[Hic eg]o quae iaceo fatis sum rapta sinistris. [S\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$AE_1985_00958.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of an unknown girl from Caesarea"}, {"coords": [36.6073, 2.18683], "id": 809, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/809", "long_id": "MPL00809", "place": "Caesarea", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069] n(um) X [---] dolere nol\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Caesarea \u2013 Cherchell (Mauretania Caesariensis) - HD002885"}, {"coords": [36.6073, 2.18683], "id": 2239, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2239", "long_id": "MPL02239", "place": "Caesarea", "text": "Salvius. Duo. Bis denos vitae qu[i compleverat\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://books.openedition.org/efr/file/3201/tei/img-2.jpg/download/1500", "title": "Epitaph of the slave Salvius"}, {"coords": [36.6073, 2.18683], "id": 2244, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2244", "long_id": "MPL02244", "place": "Caesarea", "text": "Philo, L(uci) Vibi Secundi vern(a). Vibius Gemellu\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of the verna Philo by his father Vibius Gemellus"}]

Object Details

Object Type	slab
Material	marble
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 90.0 cm height: 70.0 cm depth: 8.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	0.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	0.0
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion	Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Prose + Verse + Prose
Scriptio Continua in verse part no
Abbreviations in verse part no
Verse Line Correspondence No

Prose Verse Presence	Prose + Verse + Prose
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

MEMORIEAVRELIETISTCIAEQVI
ISTITITSEPVLTVRAETSOLVMMIHIFE
CIMATRIQVODOPVSERATPARAVI
VICSITANOSLXX

TRANQVI
5LAVITAFRVIAVITVSFATOMEIS
PRESENTISCONDETRECEPTVSDESER
TACAROQVIESCETSEDIBVSIMIS

PE
REGRINVSFILIVSFECIT[]PCCCXV

Memorie Aurelie Tistciae, qui
istitit sepultura. Et solum mihi fe-
ci matri quod opus erat paravi
vicsit anos LXX.-

Tranqui-
5la vita frui avitus fato meis
presentis condet receptus, deser-
ta caro quiescet sedibus imis.

Pe-
regrinus filius fecit [anno] p(rovinciae) CCCXV.

Memorie Aurelie Tistciae, qui istitit sepultura. Et solum mihi feci matri quod opus erat paravi vicsit anos LXX.

Tranquila vita frui avitus fato meis
presentis condet receptus,
deserta caro quiescet sedibus imis.

Peregrinus filius fecit [anno] p(rovinciae) CCCXV.

Apparatus

l.1 reg., orig. Memorie | reg., orig. Aurelie
l.2 reg., orig. istitit | reg., orig. sepultura
l.4 reg., orig. vicsit | reg., orig. anos | reg., orig. Tranqui la

Text follows CLEAfr.
l. 4-7: iambic rhythm possible (Cugusi, Sblendorio in CLEAfr).
l. 7: sedibus imis, cfr. Verg. Aen 1, 88.

Main Translation

Translation	In memory of Aurelia Tistcia who arranged her burial by herself. I, Peregrinus, set up and disposed what was necessary for my mother. She lived 70 years. "I (viz Aurelia Tistcia) had a peaceful life, and this haven, received by a decree of the fate, will bury me before my relatives. My flesh, abandoned, will rest in the profound dwelling". Peregrinus, the son, composed the epitaph in the provincial year 315.
Citation	Mirko Tasso

Other Translations

Alla memoria di Aurelia Tistcia, da parte di colui che ha fatto realizzare questa tomba. ‹‹Lo feci per me sola››. ‹‹Ho allestito per mia madre ciò che era giusto. Ella ha vissuto settant’anni››. ‹‹Ho vissuto una vita tranquilla; la tomba ricevuta dal fato mi ricoprirà alla presenza dei miei cari. La mia carne, solitaria, riposerà in luoghi più profondi››. Il figlio Peregrinus fece realizzare questo monumento nell’anno 315 della provincia.
(Italian, Tasso 2024)

Prosopographical Information

Name Aurelia Tistcia
Gender Female
Age Range Senile (61+) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Origin Native
Legal Status Roman citizen
Role Dedicatee
Name Peregrinus
Gender Male
Age Range Adult (21–60) [precision: high]
Origin Native
Role Dedicator

Name	Aurelia Tistcia
Gender	Female
Age Range	Senile (61+) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Origin	Native
Legal Status	Roman citizen
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Peregrinus
Gender	Male
Age Range	Adult (21–60) [precision: high]
Origin	Native
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	354 AD
Date (To)	354 AD
Date (Criteria)	formulae

Bibliography

CLEAfr 02, 00259
AE 1948, 00133
R. Bloch, Une campagne de fouilles dans la vallée du Chéliff. Les Tigava Castra, MEFR, 58 (1941), 9-42, spec. 37-41 🔗 link
M. Tasso, Dio, gli dèi e il divino: religione, credenza e identità nelle iscrizioni versificate del Nord Africa romano, Wien 2024, 454f, 14. 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2026-03-11, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status	Complete
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Revisions

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