Inscriptions: Funerary inscription of Primigenia

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00824
Title	Funerary inscription of Primigenia
Trismegistos-No.	195710

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Carnuntum
Find Context	Found on the Gräberstraße, plot nr. 308, 1932.
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Archäologisches Museum Carnuntinum
Inventory number	446
Current Location Details
Vicinity	[{"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 824, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/824", "long_id": "MPL00824", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "Primigenia C(ai) Petroni ancil(la) h(ic) s(ita) e(\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/107-1.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription of Primigenia"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 5, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/5", "long_id": "MPL00005", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "C(aius) Valerius C(ai) f(ilius) Ser(gia) Her(aclea\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/164-3.jpg", "title": "Verse inscription from Carnuntum"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 146, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/146", "long_id": "MPL00146", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "Veiania Hospita ann(orum) XLV h(ic) s(ita) e(st) e\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Stele for Veiania Hospita and L. Fabricius Clemens"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 148, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/148", "long_id": "MPL00148", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "Vibia C(ai) l(iberta) Citheris an(norum) XI h(ic) \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Stele for Vibia Citheris"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 823, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/823", "long_id": "MPL00823", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "Florus P(ubli) Vedi P(ubli) f(ilii) Fab(ia tribu) \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum \u2013 Petronell-Carnuntum (Pannonia superior) - HD011342"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 825, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/825", "long_id": "MPL00825", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069] [na]m decem et q[uattuor\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum \u2013 Petronell-Carnuntum (Pannonia superior) - HD011503"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 863, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/863", "long_id": "MPL00863", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "Festio [[..]] Longini Iulli mil(itis) leg(ionis) X\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum \u2013 Petronell-Carnuntum (Pannonia superior) - HD024324"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 864, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/864", "long_id": "MPL00864", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "Felix Itala D(is) M(anibus) Augustaniae Cassia\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum \u2013 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg (Pannonia superior) - HD024795"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 873, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/873", "long_id": "MPL00873", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "C(aius) Pedusius M(arci) f(ilius) Ani(ensis) Crem(\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum \u2013 Petronell-Carnuntum (Pannonia superior) - HD027771"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 899, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/899", "long_id": "MPL00899", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "L(ucius) Pomponius Protomachus leg(atus) Aug(ustor\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Carnuntum \u2013 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg / Petronell-Carnuntum (Pannonia superior) - HD035379"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 900, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/900", "long_id": "MPL00900", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "\u03a0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u1f78[\u03c2] \u1f00\u03bf\u03b9\u03b4\u03bf\u03c0[\u1f79-]\u03bb[\u03bf]\u03c5 \u0394\u03b9[\u03bf\u03b4]\u1f7d\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u0394\u03b9\u1f79\u03b4\u03c9\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum \u2013 Petronell-Carnuntum (Pannonia superior) - HD035399"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 1006, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1006", "long_id": "MPL01006", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "[Re]sta paulu(m) [forte via]tor et lege quae[so qu\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum, bei \u2013 M\u00fcllendorf (Pannonia superior) - HD059506"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 1013, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1013", "long_id": "MPL01013", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "C(aius) Valerius C(ai) f(ilius) Ser(gia) H(i?)er(a\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum \u2013 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg (Pannonia superior) - HD061033"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 1054, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1054", "long_id": "MPL01054", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "[Siste viator it]er animumque [intende sepulcro] [\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum \u2013 Petronell-Carnuntum (Pannonia superior) - HD066924"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 1055, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1055", "long_id": "MPL01055", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "L(ucius) Cominius T(iti) f(ilius) Romil(ia) Firmus\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum \u2013 Petronell-Carnuntum (Pannonia superior) - HD066940"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 1075, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1075", "long_id": "MPL01075", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) res{si}ta via-tor et lege crudele(\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum, bei \u2013 Sch\u00f6nabrunn (Pannonia superior) - HD074064"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 1076, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1076", "long_id": "MPL01076", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069] ann[o]r(um) XX[---] Va[l\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum \u2013 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg (Pannonia superior) - HD074109"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 1077, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1077", "long_id": "MPL01077", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "Lit(t)era nul(l)a doc{c}et nomen causa\u0026lt;m=N\u0026gt;q\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carnuntum \u2013 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg (Pannonia superior) - HD074193"}, {"coords": [48.1133, 16.8679], "id": 2108, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2108", "long_id": "MPL02108", "place": "Carnuntum", "text": "Non pecat qui te amat.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Carnuntum"}, {"coords": [48.3436, 15.9121], "id": 14, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/14", "long_id": "MPL00014", "place": "Asturis / Asturis ?", "text": "[O]pstipe si amas", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Bronze brooch in shape of a D"}, {"coords": [46.4658, 15.7672], "id": 15, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/15", "long_id": "MPL00015", "place": "Star\u0161e", "text": "------ [---] iusseru[nt] pat[---]E\u0323L\u0323[---]V[---]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/1693.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription of Surilla"}, {"coords": [46.4442, 15.5394], "id": 18, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/18", "long_id": "MPL00018", "place": "\u0160martno na Pohorju", "text": "[---] suum miseranda dolorem num-qua(m) feci dolu\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/1683-1.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription dedicated by a mother"}, {"coords": [46.3209, 15.2452], "id": 19, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/19", "long_id": "MPL00019", "place": "Lemberg pri Novi Cerkvi", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) IESSARAAREL-ATA inter pena-tes Va(\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription set up by Valerius (?) for his wife Valeria (?)"}, {"coords": [46.2173, 15.0927], "id": 20, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/20", "long_id": "MPL00020", "place": "Prebold", "text": "Gaude terra solo et longum laetare per aev[um] Acc\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/6187.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for the bishop Gaudentius"}, {"coords": [48.1179, 16.6148], "id": 151, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/151", "long_id": "MPL00151", "place": "Aequinoctium", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) M(arcus) Val(erius) M(arci) fili(u\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for M. Valerius Taurus"}, {"coords": [47.6849, 16.583], "id": 233, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/233", "long_id": "MPL00233", "place": "Scarbantia", "text": "EPIDOC IS INVALID; UPDATE WITH WELL-FORMED XML", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription set up by Cotonia Prima"}, {"coords": [46.7655, 17.248], "id": 799, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/799", "long_id": "MPL00799", "place": "Valcum (Volgum)", "text": "Arma virumqua (sic) arma vi", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Identification inscription from Valcum (Volgum) \u2013 Keszthely (Pannonia superior) - HD000917"}, {"coords": [47.7133, 18.7885], "id": 800, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/800", "long_id": "MPL00800", "place": "Solva", "text": "Adque (sic) ea diversa penitus dum parte \u0026lt;gerun\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Identification inscription from Solva, bei \u2013 Keszt\u00f6lc (Pannonia superior) - HD000920"}, {"coords": [47.2351, 16.6219], "id": 803, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/803", "long_id": "MPL00803", "place": "Savaria", "text": "Fl(avius) Dalmatius v(ir) p(erfectissimus) ex pro[\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Savaria \u2013 Szombathely (Pannonia superior) - HD001731"}, {"coords": [47.2351, 16.6219], "id": 822, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/822", "long_id": "MPL00822", "place": "Savaria", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) optamus cuncti sit tibi terra lev\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Savaria, bei \u2013 Tanakajd (Pannonia superior) - HD009622"}, {"coords": [47.2351, 16.6219], "id": 1079, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1079", "long_id": "MPL01079", "place": "Savaria", "text": "Senem severum semper esse con-decet bene debet ess\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Identification inscription from Savaria \u2013 Szombathely (Pannonia superior) - HD074798"}, {"coords": [47.2351, 16.6219], "id": 1080, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1080", "long_id": "MPL01080", "place": "Savaria", "text": "Creder[e v]ix d[u-]bito set (sic) amicum amittere \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Identification inscription from Savaria? \u2013 Szombathely? 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[---]bis(?)\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Building/dedicatory inscription? from Aquae Iasae \u2013 Vara\u017edinske Toplice (Pannonia superior) - HD075059"}, {"coords": [46.2531, 17.1006], "id": 1081, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1081", "long_id": "MPL01081", "place": "Csurg\u00f3", "text": "------ S]aturne [---disc]ipulus ni(hi)l (a)era [mi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Identification inscription from Csurg\u00f3 (Pannonia superior) - HD074881"}, {"coords": [47.7343, 18.1936], "id": 936, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/936", "long_id": "MPL00936", "place": "Brigetio", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) Val(erius) Ursinus ducenarius q-u\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Brigetio \u2013 Kom\u00e1rom (Pannonia superior) - HD039580"}, {"coords": [47.7343, 18.1936], "id": 937, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/937", "long_id": "MPL00937", "place": "Brigetio", "text": "Heu simul hic nata et genetrix functaeq(ue) sitaeq\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Brigetio \u2013 Kom\u00e1rom (Pannonia superior) - HD039614"}, {"coords": [47.7343, 18.1936], "id": 1078, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1078", "long_id": "MPL01078", "place": "Brigetio", "text": "Vitula dulcis amor [se]mper suspiri nostri quod 5p\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Acclamation from Brigetio \u2013 Kom\u00e1rom (Pannonia superior) - HD074495"}, {"coords": [48.2113, 16.3739], "id": 842, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/842", "long_id": "MPL00842", "place": "Vindobona", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069]-abini(a)e fid[eli?eli] M\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Vindobona \u2013 Wien (Pannonia superior) - HD017832"}, {"coords": [46.1567, 17.8345], "id": 970, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/970", "long_id": "MPL00970", "place": "Szentl\u00e1szl\u00f3", "text": "1 R(ecensitum) (scil. opus est) idemq(ue) [probat\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$SEBarc_10_p234.jpg", "title": "Verse inscription on a brick"}, {"coords": [46.9169, 17.519], "id": 977, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/977", "long_id": "MPL00977", "place": "Mogetiana", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069] [---]E(?)E[---] [qua?]m \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Mogetiana, bei \u2013 Hegyesd (Pannonia superior) - HD050390"}, {"coords": [46.4175, 15.8272], "id": 902, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/902", "long_id": "MPL00902", "place": " Poetovio", "text": "[---]\u039d\u03a4\u039f \u039a\u03a1\u0399\u03a3\u0399[---] [---] \u0398\u0395\u03a3\u03a0\u0395\u03a3\u0399\u0397\u039d \u0391\u0399 [---] [---]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Poetovio \u2013 Ptuj (Pannonia superior) - HD035593"}, {"coords": [46.4175, 15.8272], "id": 903, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/903", "long_id": "MPL00903", "place": " Poetovio", "text": "[---] \u0394\u039f\u0399\u0394\u0397\u0394\u0397 \u03b3\u03b5\u1f77\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf \u0391 [---] \u03c0\u1f71\u03c4\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba \u03b3\u03b1\u1f77\u03b7\u03c2 \u0392\u03b5\u03b9\u03b8\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Poetovio \u2013 Ptuj (Pannonia superior) - HD035596"}, {"coords": [46.4175, 15.8272], "id": 1064, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1064", "long_id": "MPL01064", "place": " Poetovio", "text": "[D(is) M(anibus)] [et perp]etuae saecuritati (sic\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Poetovio \u2013 Hajdina (Pannonia superior) - HD069061"}, {"coords": [47.09, 18.4205], "id": 884, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/884", "long_id": "MPL00884", "place": "Gorsium", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) tu qui festinas pe-dibus consiste \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Gorsium \u2013 T\u00e1c (Pannonia inferior) - HD032224"}, {"coords": [47.8293, 17.4531], "id": 939, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/939", "long_id": "MPL00939", "place": "H\u00e9d\u00e9rv\u00e1r", "text": "Dasius C(ai) Far-racis Iucundi hoc posita in tumul\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from H\u00e9d\u00e9rv\u00e1r (Pannonia superior) - HD040521"}, {"coords": [47.9406, 17.0694], "id": 2129, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2129", "long_id": "MPL02129", "place": "Nickelsdorf", "text": "Si me amas spes amor.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Nickelsdorf"}, {"coords": [48.0688, 16.96], "id": 2142, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2142", "long_id": "MPL02142", "place": "Prellenkirchen", "text": "Sucure aman(ti) tu.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Prellenkirchen"}]

Object Details

Object Type	stele
Material	sandstone
State of Preservation	incomplete
Dimensions	width: 60.0 cm height: 116.0 cm depth: 26.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	2.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	5.5
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion	Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	Inscription within moulded frame. On top of the frame, niche containing the head portrait of Primigenia with hairdo in the style of Agrippina Minor, wearing a tunic and palla.
Decoration Tags	Architecture / frame Architecture / niche Object / Tunica Person / head Person / portrait Person / woman Object / Palla

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence	Praescriptum + 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 part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No
Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading	To separate words - Interpunction

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

PRIMIGENIA
CPETRONIANCIL
HSE

QVISQVISADESNOMENQVEMEVM
5TIBIPERLEGISHOSPESASPICEQVAMM[]
TISSIMMISERANDAMEAEBISDENOSA[]
MIHIIAMCOMPLEVERATANNOSQ[]
PVITMISERAMMORSETINIQVA[]
ILLAEQVIBVSESTDATALON[]
10TVLERVNTVITAEDAMN[]
NONEGOLVXVRI[]
DICTISAETATISCA[]
MEASPERLONG[]
OPTOETLEVISHVMATAESITMIHI
15TERRAROGES

Primigenia
C(ai) Petroni ancil(la)
h(ic) s(ita) e(st).

Quisquis ades nomenque meum
5tibi perlegis hospes, aspice quam m[or-]
tis sim miseranda meae. Bis denos a[etas]
mihi iam compleverat annos,q[uom ra-]
puit miseram mors et iniqua ḍ[ea]. [Felices]
illae, quibus est data long̣[ior hora, nam]
10tulerunt vitae damn[a minora suae].
Non ego luxuri[is avolsa fui male-]
dictis aetatis caṛ[psi munditiasque]
meas. Per long[um vivas et me felicius]
opto et levis humatae sit mihi
15terra roges.

Primigenia C(ai) Petroni ancil(la) h(ic) s(ita) e(st).

Quisquis ades nomenque meum tibi perlegis hospes,
aspice quam m[or]tis sim miseranda meae.
Bis denos a[etas] mihi iam compleverat annos,
q[uom ra]puit miseram mors et iniqua ḍ[ea].
[Felices] illae, quibus est data long̣[ior hora],
[nam] tulerunt vitae damn[a minora suae].
Non ego luxuri[is avolsa fui male]dictis
aetatis caṛ[psi munditiasque] meas.
Per long[um vivas et me felicius] opto
et levis humatae sit mihi terra roges.

Apparatus

l.11 reg., orig. avolsa

Text follows E. Braun 1937 and CSIR 01. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.

Main Translation

Translation	Here lies Primigenia, slave of Caius Petronius. Whoever you are, stranger, read my name and see how pitiable I am for my death. I had already reached twice the age of ten, when death and an unjust goddess snatched me away, wretched. Happy are those to whom a longer time is given, for they endured less injury in their lives. I was never conquered by vile excess and I never surrendered the honour of my age. I wish that you live longer and happier than myself, and that you pray for this earth to be light upon me, buried here.
Citation	Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Primigenia, Sklavin des Caius Petronius, liegt hier begraben.
Wer immer Du seiest, Fremdling, der Du Dich nahst und meinen Namen liest, erwäge, wie bedauernswert ich ob meines Todes bin. Zweimal zehn Jahre hatte mein Leben vollendet, als mich Arme der Tod und eine mißgünstige Göttin hinwegraffte. Glücklich jene, denen eine längere Lebenszeit gegeben ist, denn sie erleiden eine geringere Einbuße an ihrem Leben. Nie habe ich mich der Schwelgerei hingegeben und habe auch die Reinheit meines Alters nicht verletzt. Ich wünsche, daß Du länger und glücklicher leben mögest, als ich. Bete, daß mir, der Begrabenen, die Erde leicht sein möge. (German, E. Vorbeck)
Hier ist Primigenia, die Sklavin des Gaius Petronius, begraben.
Wer auch immer du bist, Fremder, und meinen Namen dir vorliest, schau, wie bemitleidenswert ich wegen meines Todes bin. Ich hatte schon 20 (2x10) Jahre vollendet, als mich Arme der Tod und eine ungerechte Göttin raubten. Glücklich sollen jene sein, denen länger Zeit gegeben ist, denn sie haben weniger Einbußen an ihrem Leben erlitten. Nie wurde ich von verschmähter Schwelgerei mitgerissen und verletzte auch nicht die Reinheit meines Alters. Du sollst länger und glücklicher leben als ich, das wünsche ich. Bete, dass mir, der Begrabenen, die Erde leicht sein möge. (German, M. Buchner)

Prosopographical Information

Name Primigenia
Gender Female
Age Range Subadult (13–20) [expression: Non-canonical, precision: high]
Origin Unknown
Legal Status Slave
Role Dedicatee
Name Caius Petronius
Gender Male
Origin Unknown
Legal Status Roman citizen
Profession Military staff
Role Dedicator

Name	Primigenia
Gender	Female
Age Range	Subadult (13–20) [expression: Non-canonical, precision: high]
Origin	Unknown
Legal Status	Slave
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Caius Petronius
Gender	Male
Origin	Unknown
Legal Status	Roman citizen
Profession	Military staff
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Braun 1937. Caius Petronius could have been a centurion, perhaps the same named in AE 1978, 00628.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	31 AD
Date (To)	70 AD
Date (Criteria)	archaeology prosopography palaeography

Bibliography

CSIR 01, 00349 (with photo, tbl. 75, nr. 349)
CLE 02588
E. Braun, Grabepigramm aus Carnuntum, Roem. Lim. Oest. 18 (1937), cols. 99-106. (with photo, col. 102, fig. 50) - AE 1938, AE 1973 🔗 link
AE 1938, 00165
E. Swoboda, Carnuntum. Seine Geschichte und seine Denkmäler, Graz-Köln 1964, 180 (with photo, tbl. 48, fig. 3) - AE 1973 🔗 link
F. Hild, Supplementum epigraphicum zu CIL III. Das pannonische Niederösterreich, Burgenland und Wien 1902-1968, 157-158, nr. 230. 🔗 link
AE 1973, 00422
AE 1978, 00628 (on Caius Petronius as centurion)
E. Vorbeck, Zivilinschriften aus Carnuntum, Vienna 1980, 34-35, nr. 135 (with German translation) 🔗 link
P. Cugusi, M. T. Sblendorio Cugusi, Studi sui carmi epigrafici. Carmina Latina Epigrafica Pannonica (CLEPann), Bologna 2007, 40-42, nr. 4. 🔗 link
EDCS-25700036 🔗 link
HD011345 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link
Ubi erat lupa (with German translation) 🔗 link

Images

Stele of Primigenia.
(c) Ingrid Weber-Hiden, Institut für Alte Geschichte der Universität Wien
Funerary inscription of Primigenia.
(c) Ingrid Weber-Hiden, Institut für Alte Geschichte der Universität Wien

Editing History

Created	2025-05-28, by Eric Andreas Kunz
Work Status	Confirmed
Import Notice	Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:00:31, ID there: HD011345

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by Fabio Spalla
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