Inscriptions: Funerary inscription for C. Aebutius Verecundus

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00868
Title	Funerary inscription for C. Aebutius Verecundus
Trismegistos-No.	233106

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Dertosa
Find Context	Found in 1988 at the archaeological site "Miquel de Vinebre"
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Tarragona, Museo Nacional Arqueológico de Tarragona
Inventory number	45110
Current Location Details
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Eri\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Marcus Acilius Fontanus"}, {"coords": [39.6781, -0.277247], "id": 866, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/866", "long_id": "MPL00866", "place": "Saguntum (Sagunto)", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069] [\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Saguntum, bei \u2013 Mont\u00edver (Mont\u00edber) (Hispania citerior) - HD026147"}, {"coords": [40.0353, -0.555], "id": 826, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/826", "long_id": "MPL00826", "place": "Mont\u00e1n ", "text": "M(arcus) Marius Lascivos h(ic) s(itus) e(st) tu qu\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Mont\u00e1n (Montant) (Hispania citerior) - HD012356"}, {"coords": [41.7845, 1.29031], "id": 827, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/827", "long_id": "MPL00827", "place": "Iesso", "text": "Servilla ((hedera)) Praepusa filiae suae Lesbiae,\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://institucional.us.es/cleo/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/l1.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of Lesbia by her mother Servilla Praepusa"}, {"coords": [41.1849, 1.20999], "id": 828, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/828", "long_id": "MPL00828", "place": "Tarraco", "text": "Ornate ea qu(a)e linqu[it specio]se vit[ae] suae r\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from Tarraco \u2013 Tarragona (Hispania citerior) - HD014575"}, {"coords": [41.1849, 1.20999], "id": 961, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/961", "long_id": "MPL00961", "place": "Tarraco", "text": "Aspice quam subito marcet quod floruit ante aspice\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Tarraco \u2013 Tarragona (Hispania citerior) - HD046493"}, {"coords": [41.1849, 1.20999], "id": 967, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/967", "long_id": "MPL00967", "place": "Tarraco", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) Aurel(iae) Paulinae filiae. O cru-\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://institucional.us.es/cleo/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/t11.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for Aurelia Paulina"}, {"coords": [41.1849, 1.20999], "id": 973, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/973", "long_id": "MPL00973", "place": "Tarraco", "text": "Optime magnarum [antistes] cui maxima reru[m est] \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Tarraco \u2013 Tarragona (Hispania citerior) - HD050135"}, {"coords": [41.1849, 1.20999], "id": 2208, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2208", "long_id": "MPL02208", "place": "Tarraco", "text": "D(is) ((hedera)) M(anibus). Terentius Nicomedes Lu\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://institucional.us.es/cleo/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/T27.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of the freedwoman Luceia Optata by her husband Terentius Nicomedes"}, {"coords": [41.1849, 1.20999], "id": 2216, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2216", "long_id": "MPL02216", "place": "Tarraco", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) E\u0323utych\u0361et\u0323[i] a\u0361urig(ae) an\u0361n(or\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of the slave Eutyches"}, {"coords": [41.1849, 1.20999], "id": 2228, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2228", "long_id": "MPL02228", "place": "Tarraco", "text": "D(is) M(anibus). Factionis Venetae Fusco sacra\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://institucional.us.es/cleo/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/t5.jpg", "title": "Altar with epitaph of the charioteer Fuscus dedicated by his supporters"}, {"coords": [41.1849, 1.20999], "id": 2234, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2234", "long_id": "MPL02234", "place": "Tarraco", "text": "Iulius hic fuerat nomine summo artificioque Statut\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://institucional.us.es/cleo/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/t9.jpg", "title": "Reused altar with epitaph of Iulius Statutus Carnuntius by his apprentice Secundinius Felicissimus"}, {"coords": [41.1849, 1.20999], "id": 2237, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2237", "long_id": "MPL02237", "place": "Tarraco", "text": "D(is) M(anibus). C(aio) I(ulio) Olym\u0361p\u0361ian[o], Ter\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of Caius Iulius Olympianus by his wife, the freedwoman Terentia Lucentina"}, {"coords": [41.1849, 1.20999], "id": 2238, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2238", "long_id": "MPL02238", "place": "Tarraco", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) Clearchi. Hic Clearchus, qui d\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of the captive Clearchus"}, {"coords": [41.1849, 1.20999], "id": 2269, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2269", "long_id": "MPL02269", "place": "Tarraco", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) L(ucio) Alfidio Urbano trib(uno) m\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for L. Alfidius Urbanus"}, {"coords": [41.3888, 2.15899], "id": 979, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/979", "long_id": "MPL00979", "place": "Barcino", "text": "[Ni]grinus X[---annorum] caeliti co[etu dignus] to\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Barcino \u2013 Barcelona (Hispania citerior) - HD050807"}, {"coords": [41.3888, 2.15899], "id": 980, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/980", "long_id": "MPL00980", "place": "Barcino", "text": "[Levis te vehat] unda et rade po[ntum magnum]", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Barcino \u2013 Barcelona (Hispania citerior) - HD050808"}, {"coords": [39.4704, -0.376813], "id": 860, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/860", "long_id": "MPL00860", "place": "Valentia", "text": "Pius pr(a)eclarus doctor alacer facundus Iustinian\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Elogium from Valentia \u2013 Valencia (Hispania citerior) - HD024284"}, {"coords": [39.4704, -0.376813], "id": 861, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/861", "long_id": "MPL00861", "place": "Valentia", "text": "Constructu(m) p[---cu]rrunt fastigium quis[--- a?]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Building/dedicatory inscription from Valentia \u2013 Valencia (Hispania citerior) - HD024287"}, {"coords": [39.4704, -0.376813], "id": 862, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/862", "long_id": "MPL00862", "place": "Valentia", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069] [b?]ona liq[uet?] [---]l\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from Valentia \u2013 Valencia (Hispania citerior) - HD024293"}, {"coords": [38.8428, 0.107511], "id": 935, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/935", "long_id": "MPL00935", "place": "Dianium", "text": "C(aius) Iul(ius) H[---] sibi et Co[rneliae] Sphr[a\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Dianium \u2013 Denia (Hispania citerior) - HD039492"}, {"coords": [38.8428, 0.107511], "id": 938, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/938", "long_id": "MPL00938", "place": "Dianium", "text": "M(arcus) Acilius Eros h(ic) s(itus) e(st), pistor.\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://institucional.us.es/cleo/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/v7.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of the baker Marcus Acilius Eros by his freedmen and freedwomen"}, {"coords": [38.98, 1.43], "id": 941, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/941", "long_id": "MPL00941", "place": "Ebusus", "text": "In \u0394(omi)no benedicto tec(um) Vifrede vita", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Acclamation from Ebusus \u2013 Ibiza (Hispania citerior) - HD041893"}, {"coords": [41.5347, 2.08222], "id": 944, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/944", "long_id": "MPL00944", "place": "Sant Quirze del Vall\u00e8s", "text": "Felici misero p(o)enarum pondera pelle XP(Christ)\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from S. Quirze de la Serra (Hispania citerior) - HD042072"}, {"coords": [39.6167, -0.3], "id": 867, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/867", "long_id": "MPL00867", "place": "Saguntum (Pu\u00e7ol)", "text": "[.Vale]rius L(uci) f(ilius) Mar-[cell]us an(norum)\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Saguntum, bei \u2013 Pu\u00e7ol (Puzol) (Hispania citerior) - HD026357"}, {"coords": [39.4883, -1.10044], "id": 2235, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2235", "long_id": "MPL02235", "place": "Requena", "text": "Iu[---]++ +V\u0323[---] S\u0323osi-n\u0323a++g\u0323i f(ilius) Gili-t\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/bilder/ZP/ZPE_192_306_1.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of a man killed by bandits, dedicated by his son and sons-in-law"}]

Object Details

Object Type	stele
Material	limestone
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 68.0 cm height: 250.0 cm depth: 30.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	1.5
Letter Size in cm (max)	3.0
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	The front is divided into four fields. The top one contains the decoration with a rosette and a crescent moon. The second field in the shape of a tabula ansata contains the praescriptum, the third the poem and the postscriptum. The letters towards the end of the lines are partly on the edge. The fourth one is the only one which is not lowered and it is uneigraphic.
Decoration Tags	Architecture / Rosette Object / Tabula ansata Symbol / moon crescent

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence	Prose + Verse + Prose
Prose Verse Distinction	Yes, by bigger lettering in prose Yes, by different layout
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	Yes, achieved by text written outside the epigraphic field

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

CAEBVTIVSTARDVS
CAEBVTIVSVERECVNDVS
FILIVSMILESLEGVIINSVRIA

IAMQVEXVIIIAETASMEANVNCCONPLEVERATANNOS
5RVPERVNTMISEROFATAREPENTEVIAM
LECTVSMILESERASLEGIOQVAESEXTATENEBAT
[]PIVSINSVRIAFORTITERARMATVLIT
ETFORTVNANIMISSAEVASEXERCVITEIRAS
QVAMSICVTTORRENSANTEDIEMRAPVIT
10NEMONEVOTISQV[]MEISADEOVSQVEPARENTES
MILITIAEREFERATSPLENDIDAFACTASVAE
OMISEROSQVEIMETALEMGENVEREPARENTES
NONLICVITPATRIOSCONTINVISSESINVS
TEMISERAMMATERQVAESICDESERTAQVERERIS
15NAMPATRISINTERITVLAPSARVINAIACET
NECTEPRETEREORCORETSOLACIANOSTRI
INDIGNORMISERA[]NONLICVISSEFRVI
DVLCESANPLEXVSMORIENTISETOSCVLADATA
NECTENVITMORIENSDEFICIENTEMANV
20INSVPEROITSIQVAVIASTADITVSQVESEPVLCRO
INSTITVTOCASVSPAREATVSQVEMEVS
INRITVSINFELIXPEREGRINASPOSSIDETAVRAS
NEVQVISQVAMPRESSITLVMINANEMOMANVS
HOSPESPRAETERIENSTITVLVMNEDESERENOSTRVM
25ETPRECORVTDEICASSITTIBITERRALEVIS

VALERIALAVRADILAR[]TVR

C(aius) Aebutius Tardus
C(aius) Aebutius Verecundus
filius miles leg(ionis) VI in Suria.

Iamque XVIII aetas mea nunc conpleverat annos
5ruperunt misero fata repente viam
lectus miles eras legio quae sexta tenebat
[qui] pius in Suria fortiter arma tulit
et fortuna nimis saevas exercuit {e}iras
quam sic ut torrens ante diem rapuit
10nemo ne votisqu[e] meis adeo usque parentes
militiae referat splendida facta suae
o miseros qu{e}i me talem genuere parentes
non licuit patrios continuisse sinus
te miseram mater quae sic deserta quereris
15nam patris interitu lapsa ruina iacet
nec te pr(a)etereo{r} cor et solacia nostri
indignor misera[s] non licuisse frui
dulces anplexus morientis et oscula data
nec tenuit moriens deficiente manu
20in supero it si qua viast aditusque sepulcro
instituto casus pareat usque meus
inritus infelix peregrinas possidet auras
neu quisquam pressit lumina nemo manus
hospes praeteriens titulum ne desere nostrum
25et precor ut d{e}icas sit tibi terra levis.

Valeria Laura dilar[gi]tur.

C(aius) Aebutius Tardus C(aius) Aebutius Verecundus filius miles leg(ionis) VI in Suria.

Iamque XVIII aetas mea nunc conpleverat annos
ruperunt misero fata repente viam
lectus miles eras legio quae sexta tenebat
[qui] pius in Suria fortiter arma tulit
et fortuna nimis saevas exercuit {e}iras
quam sic ut torrens ante diem rapuit
nemo ne votisqu[e] meis adeo usque parentes
militiae referat splendida facta suae
o miseros qu{e}i me talem genuere parentes
non licuit patrios continuisse sinus
te miseram mater quae sic deserta quereris
nam patris interitu lapsa ruina iacet
nec te pr(a)etereo{r} cor et solacia nostri
indignor misera[s] non licuisse frui
dulces anplexus morientis et oscula data
nec tenuit moriens deficiente manu
in supero it si qua viast aditusque sepulcro
instituto casus pareat usque meus
inritus infelix peregrinas possidet auras
neu quisquam pressit lumina nemo manus
hospes praeteriens titulum ne desere nostrum
et precor ut d{e}icas sit tibi terra levis.

Valeria Laura dilar[gi]tur.

Apparatus

l.3 Suria orig., reg. Syria
l.4 conpleverat orig., reg. compleverat
l.7 Suria orig., reg. Syria
l.18 anplexus orig., reg. amplexus

Main Translation

Translation
Citation

Other Translations

Gaius Aebutius Tardus and Gaius Aebutius Verecundus, his son, soldier of the 6th legion in Syria.
“And already now my life has completed 18 years,
the Fates have ruptured the passage of my life suddenly; I am wretched.”
“You were chosen to be a soldier, you who was pious and bravely bore arms in Syria, which the Sixth Legion occupied,
And Fortune exercised excessively savage rages,
so that she is the one who, in this way, rapidly seized him before his day.”
“And lest anyone, in my prayers to my parents thus far, shall not relay the splendid deeds of my military service.O wretched parents who begot one such as me!
I was not allowed to hold onto fatherly embraces.
You, my wretched mother, you who lament that you have been deserted in this way, for a ruin lies fallen in the death of a father.”
“I did not forget you, my heart and grief,
I am angry that you, wretched one, were not allowed to enjoy
the sweet embraces and kisses given by a dying man, nor did he hold you with his failing hand.
He went up to the land of the gods above, if there is a road and entrance to there when a tomb has been built: let my death be visible for all time.”
“My empty, unlucky [body] occupies [the land] under foreign skies, nor did anyone close my eyes, no one my hands.
Guest, passing by, do not forsake my inscription
and I pray that you shall say, “may the earth be light for you”.”
Valeria Laura gave this lavishly. (English, Faithful, P., War and Peace. Military Lives and Identities in Latin Verse Inscriptions, p. 655f)

Prosopographical Information

Name Gaius Aebutius Tardus
Gender Male
Profession Military staff
Role Dedicatee
Name Gaius Aebutius Verecundus
Gender Male
Profession Military staff
Role Dedicatee
Name Valeria Laura
Gender Female
Role Dedicator

Name	Gaius Aebutius Tardus
Gender	Male
Profession	Military staff
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Gaius Aebutius Verecundus
Gender	Male
Profession	Military staff
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Valeria Laura
Gender	Female
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

Dating according to CLEO.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	70 AD
Date (To)	130 AD
Date (Criteria)

Bibliography

AE 1992, 01094
HEp 04, 1994, 00877
CIL 02 (2. Aufl.) 14, 00814
M. Genera i Monells, El culte funerari a la Tarraconense: la darrera descoberta al riberal de l'Ebre. In: M. Mayer (ed.), J. Gómez Pallarès (ed.), Religio deorum. Actas del Coloquio Internacional de Epigrafía, Culto y Sociedad en Occidente, Sabadell 1993, 223-225 - AE 1993 🔗 link
P. Faithfull, War and Peace. Military Lives and Identities in Latin Verse Inscriptions., Vienna 2024, 655f. 🔗 link
HD026906 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link
CLEO T8 (with Spanish translation and picture) 🔗 link
EDCS-09100861 🔗 link

Images

Funerary inscription for C. Aebutius Verecundus
Source: EDCS
Funerary inscription for C. Aebutius Verecundus. Detail praescriptum.
Source: EDCS
Funerary inscription for C. Aebutius Verecundus. Detail carmen.
Source: EDCS

Editing History

Created	2026-10-15, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status	Complete
Import Notice	Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:04:56, ID there: HD026906

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