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Identification

Reference as: MPL00754
Title Funerary stele for Viscia Paula and Viscia Firma
Trismegistos-No. 186262

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Podstrana
Find Context
Latitude 43.4867
Longitude 16.5501
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number 2164A
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material local stone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 77.0 cm

height: 87.0 cm

depth: 12.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 3.7
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Plant / Flower
  • Plant / Palm

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

VISCIAPAVLASORORETCONIVNX
VISCIAFIRMA
VNOANNOOBIERESI͡M[]VOMENSIBVSINTER
NONAGINTAANNOSVIXERVNTADQVEDVO
5BVS(!)QVADRAGINTAETQVINQVE
SORORRELIQVOSFVITVXOR
QVARVMPROMERITISTVMVLIS
DVOCORPORAIVNXI
QVISCIVS
10VALENSD[]PLICIPIETATE
PROPINQVVS
Viscia Paula soror et coniunx
Viscia Firma
uno anno obiere si͡m[ul d]uo mensibus inter.
Nonaginta annos vixerunt adque duo-
5bus(!),quadraginta et quinque
soror reliquos fuit uxor.
quarum pro meritis tumulis
duo corpora iunxi
Q(intus) Viscius
10Valens d[u]plici pietate
propinquus.

Viscia Paula soror et coniunx Viscia Firma
uno anno obiere si͡m[ul d]uo mensibus inter.
Nonaginta annos vixerunt adque duobus(!),
quadraginta et quinque soror reliquos fuit uxor.
quarum pro meritis tumulis duo corpora iunxi
Q(intus) Viscius Valens d[u]plici pietate propinquus.
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation Viscia Paula, sister, along with the wife Viscia Firma, passed away within the span of one year and two months. Together they lived ninety and two years, forty-five the sister, the rest the spouse. In recognition of their merits, I united their remains in a shared tomb. Quintus Viscius Valens, their devoted relative, in double mourning.
Citation Gerhard Lang

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameViscia Firma
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [precision: high]
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameViscia Paula
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [precision: high]
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameQuintus Viscius Valens
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 150 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • names
  • formulae

Bibliography

Images

  • Funerary stele for Viscia Paula and Viscia Firma

    Funerary stele for Viscia Paula and Viscia Firma

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Gerhard Lang
Work Status Confirmed
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