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Identification

Reference as: MPL00907
Title Sarcophagus of C. Valerius Papirianus
Trismegistos-No. 194797

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Aquincum
Find Context
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Budapest, Aquincumi Múzeum
Inventory number 72.7.4
Current Location Details Garden, on the south side of the museum
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type sarcophagus
Material limestone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 200.0 cm

height: 76.0 cm

depth: 14.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 4.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 5.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / Rosette
  • Plant / Leaf

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by different layout
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Greek-Latin
Verse Type(s)
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

Front:
DMCVALPAPIRIAN[]TRIBLEGIIAD

VRBEPALESTINAGENITVM[]E
MILITIAERES
TRANSTVLITHVCSPER[]TAMD[]VQ
5TRIBVNVSINSONT[]MV[]O
LVIDVOPIGNORA[]
TIQVISVMEACBE[]VIVE[]PERAEVVM

CVALERITVRBOETL[---]VSFILEIVSEQR
Back:

ΠΑΤΡΙΣΕΜΟΙΣΥΡΙΗΣΔΑΠΕΔΟΝ
ΠΟΛΕΩΣΚΑΠΕΤΩΛΙΑΔΑΟ
ΚΕΙΜΕΔΕΝΠΑ[]ΟΣΙΚΕΝΟΝΟΡ
ΓΑΝΟΝΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΙΣΙΛΕΓΕΩΝΟΣΑΡΧΗΓΟΣΓΕΓΟΝΩΣ
5ΩΤΟΥΝΟΜΑΠΑΠΕΙΡΙΑΝΟΣΥΠΑΡΧΕΙ
ΥΙΟΙΙΠΠΙΚΟΙΒΠΑΤΡΙΧΡΗΣΤΩ
Front:
D(is) M(anibus) C(aio) Val(erio) Papirian[o] trib(uno) leg(ionis) II ad(iutricis).

Urbe Pal(a)estina genitum [m]e
militiae res
transtulit huc sper[antem] tamd[i]uq(ue)
5tribunus insont[e]m v[ide me s]o-
lvi duo pignora [cara? nostri an-]
tiqui sume ac be[ne] vive [?]per aevum

C(aius) Valeri Turbo et L[---]us fil(ii) eius eq(uites) R(omani)
Back:

Πατρὶς ἐμοὶ Συρίης δάπεδον
πόλεως Καπετωλιάδαο,
κεῖμε δ' ἐν Πα[ί]οσι κενὸν ὄρ-
γανον ἀνθρώποισι λεγεῶνος ἀρχηγὸς γεγονὼς
5ᾧ τοὔνομα Παπειριανὸς ὑπάρχει
υἱοὶ ἱππικοὶ β πατρὶ χρηστῷ.
Front:
D(is) M(anibus) C(aio) Val(erio) Papirian[o] trib(uno) leg(ionis) II ad(iutricis). -

Urbe Pal(a)estina genitum [m]e militiae res
transtulit huc sper[antem] tamd[i]uq(ue) tribunus
insont[e]m v[ide me s]o|lvi duo pignora [cara?]
[nostri an-]|tiqui sume ac be[ne] vive [?]per aevum
-
C(aius) Valeri Turbo et L[---]us fil(ii) eius eq(uites) R(omani) -
Back:

Πατρὶς ἐμοὶ Συρίης δάπεδον πόλεως Καπετωλιάδαο,
κεῖμε δ' ἐν Πα[ί]οσι κενὸν ὄρ|γανον ἀνθρώποισι
λεγεῶνος ἀρχηγὸς γεγονὼς ᾧ τοὔνομα Παπειριανὸς
ὑπάρχει υἱοὶ ἱππικοὶ β πατρὶ χρηστῷ.
Apparatus

l. 5 : insont[i] mu[lieri s]o/lvi ; l. 6 : [cara amoris ( ?) an]/tiqui Kovács 1991

Main Translation

Translation (on the front)
To the spirits of the departed.
For Gaius Valerius Papirianus, tribune of the Legio II Adiutrix.
I was born in the city of Palestine. Military matters brought me here, hoping;3831 and for so long, as a tribune,
I passed [...] innocent [...]. Two [...] children [...]
old [...]. Grab hold of life and live well, [...] passer-by!
Gaius Valerius Turbo and Lucius Valerianus [...], his sons, Roman equites, [had this monument made for their good father].
(on the back)
My fatherland was Syria, the land of the city of [Colonia Aelia] Capitolina.
He died in the land of the Paeonians, a body empty of humanity. He had become the tribune of a legion, to whom the name Papirianos pertained.
His sons, equites, [had this monument made] for their good father.
Citation Faithfull 2024

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameC. Valerius Papirianus
    GenderMale
    OriginForeign
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RankOrdo equester
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameC. Valerius Turbo
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RankOrdo equester
    RoleDedicator
  • NameC. Valerius L[---]
    RankOrdo equester
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Vgl. CIGPannon (2. Aufl.) Addendum 1, A bilingual sarcophagus from Aquincum (CatNr. 91), 88-101.

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Images

  • Sarcophagus of C. Valerius Papirianus (front)

    Sarcophagus of C. Valerius Papirianus (front)

    https://lupa.at/294/photos/1 © Budapest - Aquincumi Múzeum, Foto: Ortolf Harl 2006

  • Sarcophagus of C. Valerius Papirianus (back)

    Sarcophagus of C. Valerius Papirianus (back)

    https://lupa.at/294/photos/3 © Budapest - Aquincumi Múzeum (Rückseite), Foto: Ortolf Harl 2006

  • Sarcophagus of C. Valerius Papirianus (detail back)

    Sarcophagus of C. Valerius Papirianus (detail back)

    https://lupa.at/294/photos/4 © Budapest - Aquincumi Múzeum (Rückseite), Foto: Ortolf Harl 2006

Editing History

Created 2025-12-02, by Eric Andreas Kunz
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:08:56, ID there: HD035869
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    at 2024-07-11 12:08
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-11 22:49
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 15:46
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-06-30 08:41
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    at 2025-06-30 08:52
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  8. by Chiara Cenati
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  9. by Anna Pokorny
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