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Identification

Reference as: MPL00815
Title Funerary inscription for Marcus Acilius Fontanus
Trismegistos-No. 232667

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Saguntum (Sagunto)
Find Context Found at the "calle del Castillo" (street of Castillo).
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Sagunto, Museo Archeológico
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type block
Material
State of Preservation
Dimensions

width: 40.0 cm

height: 23.0 cm

depth: 17.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

MACILIVSLF
FONTANVS

ERIPVITNOBEISVNDEVICENSVMVSANNVS
INGRESSVMIVENEMMILITIAMCVPIDE
5PARCAEFALLVNTVRFONTANVMQVAERAPVER[]NT
CVMSITPERPETVOFAMAFVTVRAVIRI
XXII
M(arcus) Acilius L(uci) f(ilius)
Fontanus.

Eripuit nobeis undevicensumus annus
ingressum iu(v)enem militiam cupide
5Parcae falluntur Fontanum quae rapuer[u]nt
cum sit perpetuo fama futura viri
XXII
M(arcus) Acilius L(uci) f(ilius) Fontanus.

Eripuit nobeis undevicensumus annus
ingressum iu(v)enem militiam cupide
Parcae falluntur Fontanum quae rapuer[u]nt
cum sit perpetuo fama futura viri
XXII
Apparatus

l.3 nobeis orig., reg. nobis | undevicensumus orig., reg. undevicesimus

Main Translation

Translation Marcus Acilius Fontanus, son of Lucius.
The nineteenth year snatched away that young man who had begun his military service eagerly. The Fates who seized Fontanus were disappointed, since this man’s fame will continue into the future for eternity.
Citation Faithfull 2024

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameMarcus Acilius Fontanus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20)
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Line 2 (end): Number XXII carved secondarily in smaller letters (not noted in CIL II 3871). Line 5 (end): Line ended with the handwritten V, while the following letters NT are written below. (B): CIL II (2nd ed.) 347: line 3: undevicensimus; Corell: line 5: fallantur; CIL II 3871: line 5: rapue[ru]nt; Gómez Pallarès: line 5: rapuerunt.

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Dating

Date (From) 30 AD
Date (To) 68 AD
Date (Criteria)

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Editing History

Created 2026-08-26, by Eric Andreas Kunz
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T11:59:36, ID there: HD004136
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 11:59
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-07-28 17:45
  3. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-07-28 17:47
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  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-21 09:46
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    at 2026-01-26 17:45
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-01-26 17:45
  14. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-27 12:44
  15. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-01-27 13:22
  16. by Anna Martelli
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