Inscriptions: Funerary inscription for Florentia

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00442
Title	Funerary inscription for Florentia
Trismegistos-No.	366530

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Hadrumetum
Find Context	The inscription was found on the ground of a cubiculum in the catacombs of Hermes.
Latitude	35.8259
Longitude	10.6388
Current Location	unknown
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity	[{"coords": [35.8259, 10.6388], "id": 442, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/442", "long_id": "MPL00442", "place": "Hadrumetum", "text": "Se[x] annos vi-xi(t) Florentia, iu\u003cn\u003eiora puella, \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Florentia"}, {"coords": [36.5326, 10.4572], "id": 423, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/423", "long_id": "MPL00423", "place": "Tubernuc", "text": "Virgini, invide, vive et vide plura.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Apotropaic inscription from Tubernuc"}, {"coords": [35.7984, 9.804], "id": 425, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/425", "long_id": "MPL00425", "place": "Cululis Theodoriana", "text": "Invide livide titula ta-nta quem adseveraba-s - f\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Apotropaic inscription from Cululis Theodoriana"}, {"coords": [36.8531, 10.3231], "id": 429, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/429", "long_id": "MPL00429", "place": "Carthago", "text": "Eutitia hic felix fideli morte quiescet, eclesie q\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Eutitia"}, {"coords": [36.6492, 10.591], "id": 434, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/434", "long_id": "MPL00434", "place": "Chul", "text": "Pos(itum) Car[o et Carino consulibus] III Idus I[u\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?s_language=it\u0026bild=$AE_1975_00874.jpg", "title": "Votive inscription for Saturn"}, {"coords": [36.85, 10.318], "id": 252, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/252", "long_id": "MPL00252", "place": "Carthago", "text": "Daphnis ego Hermetis coniunx sum libera facta. \u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$CLE_02115.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of the freedwoman Daphnis by her husband Hermes"}, {"coords": [36.85, 10.318], "id": 253, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/253", "long_id": "MPL00253", "place": "Carthago", "text": "Dis Manib(us) sacr(um) Norbania Saturnina pia. O\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph for Norbania Saturnina"}, {"coords": [36.85, 10.318], "id": 2241, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2241", "long_id": "MPL02241", "place": "Carthago", "text": "Dis M(anibus) s(acrum). Tu, quicumq(ue) pius \u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://cil.bbaw.de/ace/files/PH0010991.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of the imperial slave Severa by her husband"}, {"coords": [36.1806, 8.7122], "id": 256, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/256", "long_id": "MPL00256", "place": "Sicca Veneria", "text": "Numidarum prima mulierum Plancina genere regio bo\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Altar for Plancina"}, {"coords": [36.1806, 8.7122], "id": 257, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/257", "long_id": "MPL00257", "place": "Sicca Veneria", "text": "Caninia L(uci) l(iberta) Rufa coniux M(arci) Livi \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Caninia Rufa "}, {"coords": [35.9311, 9.22417], "id": 831, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/831", "long_id": "MPL00831", "place": "Medoudja", "text": "Intus aqu(a)e dulces biboque (sic) sedilia saxa Ni\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Identification inscription from (Civitas A[---]) \u2013 Medoudja (Africa Proconsularis?) - HD015146"}, {"coords": [35.3938, 11.0429], "id": 833, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/833", "long_id": "MPL00833", "place": "Sullecthum", "text": "En perfecta cito baiaru(m) grata voluptas undantes\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from Sullectum \u2013 Hr. Sallakta (Africa Proconsularis) - HD015761"}, {"coords": [35.1677, 8.79776], "id": 1037, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1037", "long_id": "MPL01037", "place": "Cillium", "text": "Sint licet exiguae fugentia tempora vitae parvaq(u\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Titus Flavius Secundus and other family members"}, {"coords": [36.5524, 9.44486], "id": 858, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/858", "long_id": "MPL00858", "place": "Tichilla", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) M(arcus) Antonius Rufus H\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Tichilla - Thubursicu Bure, inter \u2013 Testour - T\u00e9boursouk, zwischen (Africa Proconsularis) - HD023867"}, {"coords": [35.241, 9.11899], "id": 2292, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2292", "long_id": "MPL02292", "place": "Sufetula", "text": "------? Marcellus hic qui-escit, medica nobi-lis \u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/bilder/IL/ILPSbeitla_00065.jpg", "title": "Inscription for the doctor Marcellus"}]

Object Details

Object Type	slab
Material	marble
State of Preservation	complete?
Dimensions	width: unknown height: unknown depth: unknown
Letter Size in cm (min)	4.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	4.0
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion	Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

SE[]ANNOSVI
XIFLORENTIA
IVIORAPVELLA
QVAEGENVS
5DVXITCAMPANO
DEIOCVLOFIDELIS
MENTECONSOCIATADEO

DEFIIIKALFEB
DEPIDVSMAR

Se[x] annos vi-
xi(t) Florentia,
iu<n>iora puella,
quae genus
5duxit Campano,
Dei oculo fidelis,
mente consociata Deo.

Def(uncta) III Kal(endas) Feb(ruarias),
dep(osita) Idus Mar(tias).

Se[x] annos vixi(t) Florentia, iu<n>iora puella,
quae genus duxit Campano,
Dei oculo fidelis, mente consociata Deo.

Def(uncta) III Kal(endas) Feb(ruarias), dep(osita) Idus Mar(tias).

Apparatus

Text follows CLEAfrique.
l. 1-9: commaticum; l. 1-3 hexameter and l. 6-8 (Dei oculo fidelis, mente consociata Deo) possible pentameter .
l. 5: Camp(o) Magn(o) Leynaud 1908, 152.
l. 8: dec(essit) CLEAfr.

Main Translation

Translation	The too young Florentia lived six years and she was Campanus' daughter. She was faithful under the God's eye, and associated with God in her spirit. She passed away two years before the calends of February, and she was buried on the Ides of March.
Citation	Team Mappola

Other Translations

Florentia, giovane fanciulla figlia di Campanus, visse sei anni. Ella fu fedele sotto lo sguardo di Dio ed unita a Dio nello spirito. Ella è morta il 30 gennaio ed è stata inumata il 15 marzo.
(Italian, Tasso 2024)

Prosopographical Information

Name Florentia
Gender Female
Age Range Infant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Legal Status Roman citizen
Role Dedicatee
Name Campanus
Gender Male
Age Range Adult (21–60) [precision: undetermined]
Legal Status Roman citizen
Role Dedicator

Name	Florentia
Gender	Female
Age Range	Infant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Legal Status	Roman citizen
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Campanus
Gender	Male
Age Range	Adult (21–60) [precision: undetermined]
Legal Status	Roman citizen
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	375 AD
Date (To)	430 AD
Date (Criteria)	archaeology

Bibliography

ILCV 04737
ILTun 00191
C. Hamdoune, Vie, mort et poésie dans l'Afrique romaine d'après un choix de Carmina Latina Epigraphica, Bruxelles 2011, no. 4 🔗 link
CLEAfr 02, 00224
A.F. Leynaud, Les catacombes d'Hadrumète, BSAS, 11-12 (1908), 138-153, spec. 152 🔗 link
A.F. Leynaud, Les catacombes africaines. Sousse-Hadrumète, Alger 1922, 300 🔗 link
A. Ferrua, Hadrumetum: le iscrizioni delle catacombe, Aevum, 47 (1973), 189-209, spec. 202-203 🔗 link
D. Pikhaus, Répertoire des inscriptions latines versifiées de l'Afrique romaine (Ier– VIe siècles), Bruxelles 1994, 35 🔗 link
M. Tasso, Dio, gli dèi e il divino: religione, credenza e identità nelle iscrizioni versificate del Nord Africa romano, Wien 2024, 383, 30. 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link

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Created	2026-08-18, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status	Complete
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