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Identification

Reference as: MPL00471
Title Sarcophagus for Ursus
Trismegistos-No. 183696

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Salona
Find Context
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Solin, Salona archeological park, Manastirine
Inventory number 129B
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type sarcophagus
Material local stone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 147.0 cm

height: 209.0 cm

depth: 89.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • No distinction
    Scriptio Continua in verse partyes
    Abbreviations in verse partno

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DEPOSITIOVRSIDIEXIKALNOVEMBRISINDICXV
VRSITVMLVMCERNISQVICVMQVIATOR
QVEMIVVEAEMRAPVITSORSVLTIMATERLEGEQSO
QVIVIXITQVINQVAGINTAINANNISHEVMSERAAL
5EXANDRIAGEMITDECEPTAMARITOQVIESTPVTITADVL
CEMCONIVGEMVIGINTIETSEXANNOSETNEMOREVENTOS
ALIOSMONE:VITABREBISESTCVNCTISFILAPARANTETPARC
AENECPARCETVRVLLISHVNCILLIDISMISITDVOANXIANATOS
CONDICIOTALISOMNEMCONPLECTITVRVRBEMSEDMRITV
10METBINEFACTAADIVTANTLABORQFIDESQHAECNELIBERTVM
DOMINISFECEREPROBATVMHECNEDEFENDVNTSENPERSOCIANT
QBEATISSIPARESSEBELISSIMILEMMIHISVSCIPECVRAM
Depositio Ursi die XI Kal(endas) Novembris indic(tione) XV.
Ursi tum(u)lum cernis quicumq(ue) viator,
quem iuve⸢n⸣em rapuit sors ultima, ⸢p⸣erlege q(uae)so.
Qui vixit quinquaginta in annis.Heu m(i)sera Al-
5exandria gemit decepta marito.qui est putita dul-
cem coniugem viginti et sex annos. Et ⸢m⸣emor eventos.
Alios mone: vita brebis est, cunctis fila parant et Parc-
ae nec parcetur ullis. Hunc illi di{s}misit duo(s) anxia natos.
Condicio talis omnem conplectitur urbem, sed m(e)ritu-
10m et binefacta adiutant laborq(ue) fidesq(ue).Haecne libertum
dominis fecere probatum, h(a)ecne defendunt senper sociant-
q(ue) beatis. Si par esse belis, similem mihi suscipe curam.
Depositio Ursi die XI Kal(endas) Novembris indic(tione) XV. Ursi tum(u)lum cernis quicumq(ue) viator,

quem iuve⸢n⸣em rapuit sors ultima, ⸢p⸣erlege q(uae)so. Qui vixit quinquaginta in annis.
Heu m(i)sera Al exandria gemit decepta marito.qui est putita dul cem coniugem viginti et sex annos. Et ⸢m⸣emor eventos. Alios mone: vita brebis est, cunctis fila parant et Parc ae nec parcetur ullis. Hunc illi di{s}misit duo(s) anxia natos.
Condicio talis omnem conplectitur urbem, sed m(e)ritu m et binefacta adiutant laborq(ue) fidesq(ue).
Haecne libertum dominis fecere probatum, h(a)ecne defendunt senper sociant q(ue) beatis. Si par esse belis, similem mihi suscipe curam.
Apparatus

l.1 reg., orig. Novembris
l.3 sic, orig. a | sic, orig. t
l.5 reg., orig. qui | reg., orig. putita
l.6 sic, orig. n
l.7 reg., orig. brebis | reg., orig. Parc ae
l.8 reg., orig. Hunc
l.9 reg., orig. urbem
l.10 reg., orig. binefacta
l.11 reg., orig. senper
l.12 reg., orig. belis

Text follows Marin et a. 2010. Proofed on picture by Pokorny 2024.

Main Translation

Translation Burial of Ursus on the 11th day before the kalendae of November, in the year of the fifteenth indiction.

You see the tomb of Ursus, whoever you are, traveller, please read, what a young man the destiny took away.

He lived for fifty years. Oh, the unhappy Alexandria mourns, deprived of her husband, her sweet husband with whom she lived twenty-six years.
To the memory of other events warn: Life is short and the Parcae spin their thread for all, no one is spared. Now she left him two children and she is distressed. This condition encompasses the whole city, but merit and favour support and trust and loyalty come to our aid. Do they not help the servants to be set free by their masters? Do they not defend them and introduce them to the blessed ones? If you want to be equal to the blessed ones, take up your task as I did.
Citation Anna Pokorny

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameUrsus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameAlexandria
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 501 AD
Date (To) 600 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • formulae
  • language
  • palaeography

Bibliography

Images

  • Sarcophagus for Ursus

    Sarcophagus for Ursus

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2023-11-21 14:09
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2023-11-24 15:21
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2023-12-01 12:36
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2023-12-01 12:42
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-01-12 13:07
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-01-19 13:13
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-07 19:24
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-07 19:25
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-08 14:39
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-08 14:40
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-08 14:48
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-08 14:58
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-08 15:12
  14. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-08 16:57
  15. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 20:21
  16. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 20:26
  17. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 20:33
  18. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 23:16
  19. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-22 15:22
  20. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-22 15:22
  21. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-03-04 13:42
  22. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-03-04 14:46
  23. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-03-10 22:57
  24. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-03-16 17:48
  25. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-03-16 18:06
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