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Identification

Reference as: MPL00456
Title Funerary altar for Q. Aeronius Firminus
Trismegistos-No. 181821

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Salona
Find Context
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number 132A
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type altar
Material limestone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 87.0 cm

height: 73.5 cm

depth: 53.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.7
Letter Size in cm (max) 5.3
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography On the left side, Attis figure; on the right, figurative representation
Decoration Tags
  • God / Attis
  • Plant / vine branch

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Centered
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To mark a pentameter in an elegiac couplet (indentation)

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

QAERONIO
FIRMINODF
ANNXIIIIMESIIII
QAERONIVSCRESCENS
5CAETRANIAFIRMAPAREN
FILIOPIENTISSLIBLIBQSVIS

INVIDAPARCARVMSERIESLIVORQVEMALIGNVS
BISSEPTENAMEARVPERVNTSTAMINALVCIS
PARCITEIAMLACHRIMISMISERISOLIQPARENTES
10SATFLETVSVESTROSPRIMAFAVILLABIBIT
CORPVSHABETCINERESANIMAMSACERABSTV
LITAER
Q(uinto) Aeronio
Firmino d(e)f(uncto)
ann(orum) XIIII me(n)s(ium) IIII
Q(uintus) Aeronius Crescens
5Caetrania Firma paren(tes)
filio pientiss(imo) lib(ertis) lib(ertabus)q(ue) suis.

Invida Parcarum series livorque malignus
bis septena mea ruperunt stamina lucis
parcite iam lac{h}rimis miseri soliq(ue) parentes
10sat fletus vestros prima favilla bibit
corpus habe(n)t cineres animam sacer abstu-
lit aer.
Q(uinto) Aeronio Firmino d(e)f(uncto) ann(orum) XIIII me(n)s(ium) IIII Q(uintus) Aeronius Crescens Caetrania Firma paren(tes) filio pientiss(imo) lib(ertis) lib(ertabus)q(ue) suis.

Invida Parcarum series livorque malignus
bis septena mea ruperunt stamina lucis
parcite iam lac{h}rimis miseri soliq(ue) parentes
sat fletus vestros prima favilla bibit
corpus habe(n)t cineres animam sacer abstulit aer.
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation To Quintus Aeronius Firminus, died at the age of 14 years and 4 months, the parents Quintus Aeronius Crescens and Caetrania Firma to their most devoted son and to their freedmen and freedwomen.
The envious group of the Parcae and their hateful evil broke the fourteen threads of my life. Stop crying, unhappy and lonely parents; my glowing ashes have already drunk enough of your tears. My body has turned to ashes and the sacred air has taken away my soul.
Citation Chiara Cenati

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameQuintus Aeronius Firminus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameQuintus Aeronius Crescens
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicator
  • NameCaetrania Firma
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

ll. 7-12: elegiac couplets. l. 4 (end): ET is written on the frame.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 151 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)

Bibliography

Images

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    Funerary altar for Q. Aeronius Firminus

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split

  • Funerary altar for Q. Aeronius Firminus (text)

    Funerary altar for Q. Aeronius Firminus (text)

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split

  • Funerary altar for Q. Aeronius Firminus (left side)

    Funerary altar for Q. Aeronius Firminus (left side)

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split

  • Funerary altar for Q. Aeronius Firminus (right side)

    Funerary altar for Q. Aeronius Firminus (right side)

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split

Editing History

Created 2025-06-11, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
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