Inscriptions: Funerary inscription for Argentaria Faustilla

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00928
Title	Funerary inscription for Argentaria Faustilla
Trismegistos-No.	233414

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Carthago Nova
Find Context	Found in the district "La Concepción" in Cartagena.
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Cartagena, Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Cartagena
Inventory number	4005
Current Location Details
Vicinity	[{"coords": [37.6028, -0.987953], "id": 928, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/928", "long_id": "MPL00928", "place": "Carthago Nova", "text": "Argentaria C(ai) f(ilia) Faustil(la). Octavos \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Argentaria Faustilla"}, {"coords": [37.6028, -0.987953], "id": 927, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/927", "long_id": "MPL00927", "place": "Carthago Nova", "text": "Mater, si posse[m], fili vice mortis s[---]. Nunc \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of Philocalus by his mother Aucta and sister Adventa"}, {"coords": [37.6028, -0.987953], "id": 929, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/929", "long_id": "MPL00929", "place": "Carthago Nova", "text": "C(aius) Licinius C(ai) f(ilius) Torax hospes \u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/bilder/PH/PH0001327.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription of Caius Licinius Torax"}, {"coords": [37.6028, -0.987953], "id": 930, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/930", "long_id": "MPL00930", "place": "Carthago Nova", "text": "M(arcus) Oppius M(arci) f(ilius) fore\u003cn\u003esis a\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://institucional.us.es/cleo/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mu13c.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription of the lawyer Marcus Oppius"}, {"coords": [37.6028, -0.987953], "id": 931, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/931", "long_id": "MPL00931", "place": "Carthago Nova", "text": "Filiola\u0323[m] amisit pa[trem], materque sequtast ips\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://institucional.us.es/cleo/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mu5-scaled.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of the household slave Salviola"}, {"coords": [37.6028, -0.987953], "id": 932, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/932", "long_id": "MPL00932", "place": "Carthago Nova", "text": "Sicinia C(ai) f(ilia) Secunda filia cum matre est \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carthago Nova \u2013 Cartagena (Hispania citerior) - HD037805"}, {"coords": [37.6028, -0.987953], "id": 933, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/933", "long_id": "MPL00933", "place": "Carthago Nova", "text": "[Q(uintus) Lusius] L(uci) f(ilius) Seni[ca] [molle\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Carthago Nova, bei \u2013 Cartagena, bei (Hispania citerior) - HD037944"}, {"coords": [37.6028, -0.987953], "id": 2219, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2219", "long_id": "MPL02219", "place": "Carthago Nova", "text": "Vinuleia L(uci) l(iberta) Calena. Heic sitast. F\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://cil.bbaw.de/ace/files/PH0001333.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of the freedwoman Vinuleia Calena by her daughter"}, {"coords": [37.6028, -0.987953], "id": 2220, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2220", "long_id": "MPL02220", "place": "Carthago Nova", "text": "Sei quaer\u0323i\u0323s\u0323 nomen, [co]n\u0323s\u0323i\u0323s\u0323-te et percipe\u0323 \u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://institucional.us.es/cleo/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mu13b.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of of the freedwoman Pontiliena"}, {"coords": [37.6028, -0.987953], "id": 2227, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2227", "long_id": "MPL02227", "place": "Carthago Nova", "text": "A Plotia L(uci) et F\u0323ufiae l(iberta).- Prune hae\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/bilder/CI/CIL_02_03495.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of the freedwoman Plotia"}, {"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": [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	slab
Material	limestone
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 61.0 cm height: 47.0 cm depth: 23.0 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

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Prose + Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part no
Abbreviations in verse part no
Verse Line Correspondence No

Prose Verse Presence	Prose + Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

ARGENTARIACFFAVSTIL

OCTAVOSCVMITERVMAETATIS
MIHICVRRERETANNVSRAPTA
CONPLEXVCONIVGISHICIACEO
5CVRAQVIBVSIVSFASQVEFVITSOLA
CIAMORTISHAECHABEOVITAE
PRAEMIAQVAETVLERAMHVNC
MIHIDEFVNCTAEMONIMENTIIN
PENDITHONOREMMATERETINCV
10RASIPSANIGELLASVAS

Argentaria C(ai) f(ilia) Faustil(la).

Octavos cum iterum aetatis
mihi curreret annus rapta
conplexu coniugis hic iaceo.
5Cura quibus ius fasque fuit sola-
cia mortis haec habeo vitae
praemia quae tuleram. Hunc
mihi defunctae monimenti in-
pendit honorem mater et incu-
10ras ipsa Nigella suas.

Argentaria C(ai) f(ilia) Faustil(la).-

Octavos cum iterum aetatis mihi curreret annus
rapta conplexu coniugis hic iaceo.
Cura quibus ius fasque fuit solacia mortis
haec habeo vitae praemia quae tuleram.
Hunc mihi defunctae monimenti inpendit honorem
mater et incuras ipsa Nigella suas.

Apparatus

l.4 conplexu orig., reg. complexu

Text follows Cenati, González Berdús, Kruschwitz 2024.

Main Translation

Translation	Argentaria Faustilla, daughter of Gaius. As for the second time an eighth year of age had begun to run for me, I was snatched away from my husband’s embrace – and now here I lie. For those who cared for me, bound by laws human and divine, I have, as a consolation for my death, this (sc. monument) to show as what I received as a reward for my life. Nigella, my mother herself, has paid me the honour that is this very monument, for me in my death as well as for her own worries.
Citation	Cenati, Gonzáles-Berdús, Kruschwitz 2024

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

Name Argentaria Faustilla
Gender Female
Age Range Subadult (13–20)
Role Dedicatee
Name Nigella
Gender Female
Role Dedicator

Name	Argentaria Faustilla
Gender	Female
Age Range	Subadult (13–20)
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Nigella
Gender	Female
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	1 AD
Date (To)	50 AD
Date (Criteria)

Bibliography

AE 1997, 00946
AE 1998, 00782
HEp 06, 1996, 00661
HEp 08, 2002, 00369
J. Abascal Palazón, S. Ramallo Asensio, La ciudad de Carthago Nova: La documentación epigráfica, Murcia 1997, 292-295, no. 102; lám. 101. - AE 1997 🔗 link
J. Carbonell i Manils, A propósito de un nuevo Carmen Latinum Epigraphicum de Carthago Nova, Faventia 20 (1998), 129–141 - AE 1998 🔗 link
HD037645 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link
D. Murzea, Femina et Carmina. Female Agency and Authorship in Roman Verse Inscriptions, Vienna 2025, 450, no. 255. 🔗 link
C. Cenati, V. González Berdús et al., Ceterum censemus Carthaginem Novam esse legendam: Roman poetry as cultural history, Exemplaria classica. Journal of classical philology 28 (2024), 124 (with photo and English translation). 🔗 link
CLEO MU13D 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2026-09-25, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status	Complete
Import Notice	Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:11:02, ID there: HD037645

Revisions

by Unknown
at 2024-07-11 12:11
by Eric Andreas Kunz
at 2024-08-12 17:57
by Eric Andreas Kunz
at 2024-08-12 17:57
by Anna Pokorny
at 2025-01-29 15:33
by Anna Pokorny
at 2026-09-02 12:40
by Anna Pokorny
at 2026-09-02 12:49
by Anna Pokorny
at 2026-09-02 12:51
by Chiara Cenati
at 2026-09-10 11:35
by Anna Pokorny
at 2026-09-11 08:16
by Chiara Cenati
at 2026-09-21 09:57
by Anna Pokorny
at 2026-09-24 12:42
by Chiara Cenati
at 2026-09-25 13:21

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