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Identification

Reference as: MPL00006
Title Stele for Rubria Tertulla
Trismegistos-No. 497005

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Mevaniola
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Longitude 0.0
Current Location Pianetto di Galeata, Museo Civico Mons. Domenico Mambrini
Inventory number SAE 794
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 70.5 cm

height: 111.5 cm

depth: 5.9 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.3
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.3
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    • Yes, by different layout
    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
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

DM
RVBRIAETERTVLLAE
VAXXMIIIIDIIII
CONIVGOPTIMAE
5CREFANVSMACRINVS

LIVIAMETELLVSALVITGEMINAMQSOROREM
EGREGIODEPATRESATASSANCTAGENETRICE
KARAFVICASTOBENEIVNCTAPVDICAMARITO
10INVIDASETFATILEXREDDIDITINRITAVOTA
ETTANTVMMISERAESOLACIALIQVITAMANTI
CONIVGISINMANIBVSLICVITQVODREDDERE
VITAM
D(is) M(anibus).
Rubriae Tertullae.
V(ixit) a(nnos) XX, m(enses) IIII, d(ies) IIII.
Coniug(i) optimae
5C(aius) Refanus Macrinus.

Livia me tellus aluit geminamq(ue) sororem,
egregio de patre satas sancta genetrice.
Kara fui casto bene iuncta pudica marito,
10Invida set fati lex reddidit inrita vota,
Et tantum miserae solacia liquit amanti
Coniugis in manibus licuit quod reddere
vitam.
D(is) M(anibus). Rubriae Tertullae. V(ixit) a(nnos) XX, m(enses) IIII, d(ies) IIII. Coniug(i) optimae C(aius) Refanus Macrinus.

Livia me tellus aluit geminamq(ue) sororem,
egregio de patre satas sancta genetrice.
Kara fui casto bene iuncta pudica marito,
Invida set fati lex reddidit inrita vota,
Et tantum miserae solacia liquit amanti
Coniugis in manibus licuit quod reddere vitam.
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation To the Spirits of the Departed. For Rubria Tertulla. She lived for 20 years, 4 months, and 4 days. Gaius Refanus Macrinus (sc. erected this monument) to his noble wife.

Livian Soil (i. e. Forum Livii) raised me and my twin sister, both born of an excellent father and a saintly mother. In love I was beautifully bound to my loyal husband, bashful too, but the envious law of Fate rendered my prayers useless and left only this to me, the poor loving partner, in consolation: to have been allowed to depart from my life in the arms of my husband.
Citation Denisa Murzea

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameRubria Tertulla
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    OriginForeign
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
  • NameGaius Refanus Macrinus
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusRoman citizen

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae
  • language

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Editing History

Created 2024-02-29, by Denisa Murzea
Work Status Confirmed
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