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Identification

Reference as: MPL00476
Title Funerary inscription of C. Utius
Trismegistos-No. 182055

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Salona
Find Context built into the city walls as spolia
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number 5193A
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation fragmentary (adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: 194.0 cm

height: 89.4 cm

depth: 26.8 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.2
Letter Size in cm (max) 4.7
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Funerary stele with corinthian semicolumns, between them busts of the grave owner and his family members. One of the busts is not preserved. Above the columns there is an architrave with a frieze showing dolphins and kantharoi. The pediment is decorated with the head of Medusa. At the outer angles of the pediment there are sculptures of lions as akroteria. Only the lion on the right side is preserved. A ship is depicted below the epigraphic field.
Decoration Tags
  • Animal / lion

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Centered
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Left aligned
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate words - Interpunction

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

CVTIVSSPFTESTAM͡EN͡T
FIERIIVSSITSIBIET
PVTIO[]RATRISVOETCLODIA
F[]STAECONCVBINAESVAE

5MVLT[]AGRATVSEGOTERRAQVEMARIQVE
DEBIT[]DDIDIINPATRIANVNCSITVSHICIACEO
STATL[]TNOMENVESTIGIANVLLA
C(aius) Utius Sp(uri) f(ilius) testam͡en͡t(o)
fieri iussit sibi et
P(ublio) Utio [f]ratri suo et Clodia(e)
F[au]stae concubinae suae

5mult[a per]agratus ego terraque marique
debit[um re]ddidi in patria nunc situs hic iaceo
stat l[apis e]t nomen vestigia nulla
C(aius) Utius Sp(uri) f(ilius) testam͡en͡t(o) fieri iussit sibi et P(ublio) Utio [f]ratri suo et Clodia(e) F[au]stae concubinae suae

mult[a per]agratus ego terraque marique
debit[um re]ddidi in patria nunc situs hic iaceo
stat l[apis e]t nomen vestigia nulla
Apparatus

Text follows ILJug. Checked against photo by Kettner 2024.

Main Translation

Translation Gaius Utius, son of Spurius, ordered that (sc. this grave) should be made according to his testament for himself and for Publius Utius, his brother, and for Clodia Fausta, his partner.

I have travelled across many a country and sea. I paid my dues to fate in my fatherland, (and) now I lie buried here. A stone and my name stand (here), no trace (sc. remains).
Citation Nathalie Marie Kettner

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameCaius Utius (son of Spurius)
    GenderMale
    OriginNative
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicator
  • NamePublius Utius (brother of Caius Utius)
    GenderMale
    OriginNative
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
  • NameClodia Fausta
    GenderFemale
    Legal StatusUnknown

Further Information

Comment

Only the first verse of the poetic part of this inscription (l. 5) is a fully developed hexameter. All other lines exhibit a dactylic rhythm, but have not been developed into full verses.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 101 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae
  • archaeology
  • names

Bibliography

Images

  • Funerary inscription of C. Utius

    Funerary inscription of C. Utius

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split

  • Funerary inscription of C. Utius (detail)

    Funerary inscription of C. Utius (detail)

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split; photo: Chiara Cenati

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Nathalie Marie Kettner
Work Status Confirmed
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  3. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
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  11. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
    at 2024-01-19 11:42
  12. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
    at 2024-01-19 11:42
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-07 15:49
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-07 16:04
  15. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-07 16:06
  16. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
    at 2024-02-16 10:15
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  18. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
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  23. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
    at 2024-02-17 15:06
  24. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
    at 2024-02-18 07:54
  25. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-22 18:59
  26. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
    at 2024-02-23 07:33
  27. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
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  28. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
    at 2024-02-23 09:36
  29. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
    at 2024-02-23 09:37
  30. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-29 19:29
  31. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-29 19:29
  32. by Peter Kruschwitz
    at 2024-03-01 10:38
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