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Identification

Reference as: MPL00873
Title Funerary inscription for C. Pedusius
Trismegistos-No. 408771

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Carnuntum
Find Context Found at the "Gräberstraße, Parzelle Nr. 330/40".
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Archäologisches Museum Carnuntinum
Inventory number 165
Current Location Details Archaeological depot
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material sandstone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 35.0 cm

height: 110.0 cm

depth: 11.0 cm

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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / Acroterion
  • Architecture / Rosette
  • Plant / Palm
  • Symbol / moon

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    • Yes, by vacat
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

CPEDVSIVS
MFANICREM
VETERLEGXVAPO
NNLXSTIPXXIIII
5HSE
AMANDALP`O´SIT
     vacat

INVIDAMORSRAPVITFATO
CRVDELISINIQVONECLICVITPRETIVM
[]MEREMILITIAENONTANTVM
10[]MEQVAMVTREDDEREPOS
[]EETDIGNAEPLVRVMA
[]HVICPRECORIN
[]TSVAFILASO
[]EAT
15[]
C(aius) Pedusius
M(arci) f(ilius) Ani(ensis) Crem(ona)
veter(anus) leg(ionis) XV Apo(llinaris)
n(orum) LX stip(endiorum) XXIIII
5h(ic) s(itus) e(st)
Amanda l(iberta) p`o´s(u)it.
( vac. )

Invida mors rapuit fato
crudelis iniquo nec licuit pretium
[su]mere militiae non tantum
10[petii pro] me quam ut reddere pos-
[sem liberta]e et dignae pluruma
[quam foveat] huic precor in
[longum extendan]t sua fila so-
[rores ac nostros ad]eat
15[saepe memor cineres].
C(aius) Pedusius M(arci) f(ilius) Ani(ensis) Crem(ona) veter(anus) leg(ionis) XV Apo(llinaris) n(orum) LX stip(endiorum) XXIIII h(ic) s(itus) e(st) Amanda l(iberta) p`o´s(u)it. ( vac. )-

Invida mors rapuit fato crudelis iniquo
nec licuit pretium [su]mere militiae
non tantum [petii pro] me quam ut reddere pos[sem]
[liberta]e et dignae pluruma [quam foveat]
huic precor in [longum extendan]t sua fila so[rores]
[ac nostros ad]eat [saepe memor cineres].
Apparatus

l.11 pluruma orig., reg. plurima

Main Translation

Translation Gaius Pedusius, son of Marcus, of the tribus Aniensis, from Cremona, veteran of the legio XV Apollinaris, aged 60, with 24 years of service, lies here. Amanda, his freedwoman placed (sc. this monument).
Envious death cruelly snatched (sc. me) away in an unfair turn of fate, and it was not permitted to reap the reward for my military service, not even to the extent that I could return the equal attentive care to my dear, most deserving freedwoman that she gave to me. May those sisters (i. e. the Fates) kindly extend the threads (sc. of her life), I beg, for a long time . . . (the remaining text is highly fragmentary and thus proposed reconstructions remain somewhat tenuous: . . . and may she often pay a commemorative visit to our ashes . . . ?)
Citation Cenati, Kruschwitz 2024

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameC. Pedusius
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical]
    OriginForeign
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameAmanda
    GenderFemale
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 39 AD
Date (To) 63 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • names
  • history

Bibliography

Images

  • Funerary stele of C. Pedusius

    Funerary stele of C. Pedusius

    © Landessammlungen NÖ, Archäologischer Park Carnuntum Source: Lupa Photo: O. Harl

Editing History

Created 2026-10-15, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:05:26, ID there: HD027771
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:05
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-09 16:45
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 15:42
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-10-08 09:41
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-10-08 09:42
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-12-06 08:36
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-12-06 08:56
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-12-06 09:01
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-12-06 09:02
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-12-06 09:06
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-21 11:42
  12. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-21 11:44
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-01-26 17:41
  14. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-06-03 09:48
  15. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-26 13:52
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