Inscriptions: Epitaph of Fidentia by her father Fidentius

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00798
Title	Epitaph of Fidentia by her father Fidentius
Trismegistos-No.	203289

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Tipasa
Find Context	South-East of the basilica of the bishop Alexander, 1956.
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Musée Archéologique de Tipaza
Inventory number
Current Location Details
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Bis denos vitae qu[i compleverat\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://books.openedition.org/efr/file/3201/tei/img-2.jpg/download/1500", "title": "Epitaph of the slave Salvius"}, {"coords": [36.6073, 2.18683], "id": 2244, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2244", "long_id": "MPL02244", "place": "Caesarea", "text": "Philo, L(uci) Vibi Secundi vern(a). Vibius Gemellu\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of the verna Philo by his father Vibius Gemellus"}, {"coords": [36.2964, 3.66993], "id": 855, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/855", "long_id": "MPL00855", "place": "A\u00efn-Bessem", "text": "Balnea rura domus fec[it C]onstantius auctor et fe\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from A\u00efn-Bessem, bei (Mauretania Caesariensis) - HD023151"}]

Object Details

Object Type	slab
Material	marble
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 50.0 cm height: 29.0 cm depth: 3.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	2.5
Letter Size in cm (max)	3.0
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion	Unknown

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	Inscription within frame.
Decoration Tags	Architecture / frame

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence	Carmen + subscriptum
Prose Verse Distinction	Yes, by different layout
Layout Types (Prose)	Centered
Layout Types (Verse)	Left aligned
Scriptio Continua in verse part	yes
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No
Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading	To mark the continuation of a verse in the following line (indentation)

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

ALTOLABSALOCOCASV
DEFVNCTANEFANDO
PRIMISRAPTAANNIS
ISTICFIDENTIADORMIT
5CVIPATERHVNCTVMVLVM
SIBIHECSOLACIAFECIT

FIDENTIVSFILIAE(scil. FECIT)

Alto labsa loco, casu
defuncta nefando.
Primis rapta annis,
istic Fidentia dormit.
5Cui pater hunc tumulum,
sibi hec solacia fecit.

Fidentius filiae (scil. fecit).

Alto labsa loco, casu defuncta nefando.
Primis rapta annis, istic Fidentia dormit.
Cui pater hunc tumulum, sibi hec solacia fecit.

Fidentius filiae (scil. fecit).

Apparatus

l.1 reg., orig. labsa
l.6 reg., orig. hec

Text follows Lancel. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.

Main Translation

Translation	She slipped from a high spot and died for such a heinous fall. Taken in her early years, Fidentia rests here. Her father arranged this tomb for her; for himself, he did this as consolation. Fidentius (made this) for his daughter.
Citation	Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

Name Fidentia
Gender Female
Role Dedicatee
Name Fidentius
Gender Male
Role Dedicator

Name	Fidentia
Gender	Female
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Fidentius
Gender	Male
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

The names Fidentia and Fidentius are usually found in late contexts, often Christian, but nothing indicates that the inscription is Christian and no precise dating is possible.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	201 AD
Date (To)	400 AD
Date (Criteria)	names

Bibliography

CLEAfr 00195
CLE 02912
S. Lancel, Tipasitana V. Inscriptions inédites de Tipasa. Le dossier de l'amphithéâtre et de la nécropole occidentale, Ant. Afr. 16 (1980), 154-155, nr. 18 (with photo, 154, fig. 21) - AE 1982 🔗 link
AE 1982, 00984
S. Ardeleanu, Directing the faithful, structuring the sacred space: funerary epigraphy in its archaeological context in late-antique Tipasa, Journ. Rom. Arch. 31 (2018), 500, nr. 73. 🔗 link
EDCS-08600679 🔗 link
HD000756 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link

Images

Epitaph of Fidentia by her father Fidentius.
Source: EDCS-08600679 (c) Jona Lendering, Livius

Editing History

Created	2025-11-17, by Eric Andreas Kunz
Work Status	Complete
Import Notice	Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T11:57:55, ID there: HD000756

Revisions

by Unknown
at 2024-07-11 11:57
by Eric Andreas Kunz
at 2024-07-23 12:19
by Eric Andreas Kunz
at 2024-07-23 12:20
by Anna Pokorny
at 2025-01-29 16:00
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-11-13 08:10
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-11-13 09:30
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-11-13 09:32
by Chiara Cenati
at 2025-11-17 16:05

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