Inscriptions: Funerary Inscription for Aemilia Plotia from Apulum

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00934
Title	Funerary Inscription for Aemilia Plotia from Apulum
Trismegistos-No.	179658

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Apulum
Find Context	Found in the 19th century at the bishop's palace (catholic). Seen by Reinbold, Thalson and Mommsen.
Latitude	46.0667
Longitude	23.5723
Current Location	Lost
Inventory number
Current Location Details	Lost
Vicinity	[{"coords": [46.0667, 23.5723], "id": 934, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/934", "long_id": "MPL00934", "place": "Apulum", "text": "D(is) M(anibus). Quinque hic annorum aetatis \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary Inscription for Aemilia Plotia from Apulum"}, {"coords": [44.1726, 24.3924], "id": 818, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/818", "long_id": "MPL00818", "place": "Romula", "text": "D(is)M(anibus) s(acrum.) L(ucius) Annius Octavius \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription of L. Annius Octavius Valerianus"}, {"coords": [46.7735, 23.5942], "id": 949, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/949", "long_id": "MPL00949", "place": "Napoca", "text": "D(is) M(anibus). Tu qui reciprocam se-mitam v\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/15113.jpg", "title": "Epitaph from Napoca \u2013 Cluj-Napoca (Dacia) "}, {"coords": [46.6307, 24.88], "id": 953, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/953", "long_id": "MPL00953", "place": "Eremitu", "text": "[Inmatur]a quidem iu-venes for[tu]na peremit sed [\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph for two brothers"}, {"coords": [45.9133, 22.8152], "id": 956, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/956", "long_id": "MPL00956", "place": "Micia (Chimindia)", "text": "[\u2066------\u2069] quondam Pompo[ni---] et in bellis cor\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fragmentary funerary inscription from Micia, H\u0103r\u0103u (Dacia) "}, {"coords": [45.9358, 23.1557], "id": 959, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/959", "long_id": "MPL00959", "place": "Germisara", "text": "[Hanc ti]bi marmoreo caesam de monte d[icavi] regi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Germisara \u2013 Geoagiu (Dacia) "}, {"coords": [45.4582, 22.1867], "id": 964, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/964", "long_id": "MPL00964", "place": "Tibiscum", "text": "[------] [quem Nilotica ripa suu]m patriaque nota\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/bilder/ID/IDR_03_01_00174.jpg", "title": "Epitaph from Tibiscum \u2013 Caransebe\u015f (Dacia)"}, {"coords": [47.02, 23.9], "id": 2264, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2264", "long_id": "MPL02264", "place": "Gherla", "text": "Perpetuam fa[mam maternae] gloriae semper pro[sequ\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription from Gherla"}, {"coords": [47.0198, 23.8999], "id": 1, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1", "long_id": "MPL00001", "place": "Gherla", "text": "Ael(ia) Ingenua F\u0323[---]-inis Iris. Hic iac[et ---]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://mappola.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MPL-RO-001-2-scaled.jpg", "title": "Funerary Inscription for Aelia Ingenua"}, {"coords": [44.1742, 24.3972], "id": 97, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/97", "long_id": "MPL00097", "place": "Romula", "text": "D(is) M(anibus). Ael(io) Iul(io) Iuliano dec(urion\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://cil.bbaw.de/ace/id/KO0035564", "title": "Funerary inscription for Aelius Iulius Iulianus"}, {"coords": [45.5167, 22.7853], "id": 131, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/131", "long_id": "MPL00131", "place": "Sarmizegetusa", "text": "D(is) M(anibus). Hic pietatis honos, haec sunt p\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Marcellina"}, {"coords": [45.5167, 22.7853], "id": 140, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/140", "long_id": "MPL00140", "place": "Sarmizegetusa", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) His tegitur terris Antonia, quam g\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Antonia"}, {"coords": [45.9083, 22.8065], "id": 136, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/136", "long_id": "MPL00136", "place": "Micia (Ve\u021bel)", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) Aelia Hygia vixit annos XVIII Ael(\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://mappola.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/MPL-RO-013-4-scaled.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for Aelia Hygia"}, {"coords": [45.5147, 22.7853], "id": 853, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/853", "long_id": "MPL00853", "place": "Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) his tegitur terris Antonia quam ge\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa \u2013 Sarmizegetusa (Dacia) - HD021008"}, {"coords": [45.5147, 22.7853], "id": 951, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/951", "long_id": "MPL00951", "place": "Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa", "text": "Caelestis mul-sa ((interpunct)) propria placabitu\u0361\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://mappola.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Fig.-2-orig-scaled.jpg", "title": "Votive altar for Caelestis"}, {"coords": [45.5147, 22.7853], "id": 965, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/965", "long_id": "MPL00965", "place": "Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) hic pietatis honos haec sunt pia d\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa \u2013 Sarmizegetusa (Dacia) - HD047545"}, {"coords": [45.5147, 22.7853], "id": 966, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/966", "long_id": "MPL00966", "place": "Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa", "text": "1 [---]NDA[---] [---]A fas est [---] [---] Seve\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://heidicon.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/api/v1/objects/uuid/d610f89a-2ce7-4146-8365-d79056a5cd88/file/id/772493/file_version/name/small", "title": "Epitaph from Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa"}, {"coords": [45.8971, 23.1644], "id": 2263, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2263", "long_id": "MPL02263", "place": "Germisara", "text": "Sunt Getici fontes divina Nympha creati, cui formo\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/bilder/AE/AE_2015_01186_1.jpg", "title": "Prayer to the Nymphs of Germisara"}, {"coords": [45.4663, 22.1892], "id": 962, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/962", "long_id": "MPL00962", "place": "Tibiscum", "text": "[D(is) M(anibus)?] Publi Aeli Ulpi [v]et(erani) e\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://mappola.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MPL-RO-006-39-Kopie-scaled.jpg", "title": "Funerary monument of the veteran P. Aelius Ulpius"}, {"coords": [45.0, 21.0], "id": 963, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/963", "long_id": "MPL00963", "place": "Tibiscum", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) terra te-net corpus no-men la\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/17552.jpg", "title": "Epitaph from Tibiscum \u2013 Caransebe\u015f (Dacia) "}, {"coords": [47.1792, 23.157], "id": 2272, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2272", "long_id": "MPL02272", "place": "Porolissum", "text": "D(is) [M(anibus)] Aelia Ca[- - -[--- me di?-]xere \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fragmentary funerary inscription"}, {"coords": [44.6293, 22.6572], "id": 50, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/50", "long_id": "MPL00050", "place": "Drobeta", "text": "------ [---] Man[es? ---] [---] Tarta[ra ---] [\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fragmentary funerary inscription from Drobeta"}, {"coords": [44.6293, 22.6572], "id": 459, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/459", "long_id": "MPL00459", "place": "Drobeta", "text": "[---]LOS[---] [---]INPO[---] [---]N[---] Qu[\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fragmentary funerary inscription from Drobeta"}]

Object Details

Object Type	column
Material	local stone
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: unknown height: unknown depth: unknown
Letter Size in cm (min)	0.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	0.0
Execution Technique
Religion	Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

QVINQVEHIC
ANNORVMAETATIS
CONDITVRINFANS
5AEMILIVSHERMES
HANCGENERAVIT
MATRISDENOMINE
DIXITPLOTIAPA
TRISPRAENOMINE
10AEMILIAVIXIT
RAPV[]QVAM
MORSINLIMIN[]
VITAE

D(is) M(anibus).

Quinque hic
annorum aetatis
conditur infans
5Aemilius Hermes
hanc generavit
matris de nomine
dixit Plotia(m) pa-
tris praenomine
10Aemilia(m) vixit
rapu[it] quam
mors in limin[e]
vitae.

D(is) M(anibus).

Quinque hic annorum aetatis conditur infans
Aemilius Hermes hanc generavit matris de nomine dixit
Plotia(m) patris praenomine Aemilia(m) vixit
rapu[it] quam mors in limin[e] vitae.

Apparatus

Text follows IDR.

Main Translation

Translation	To the spirits of the Departed. A five-year-old little girl is buried here. Aemilius Hermes was her father, he called her Plotia after the name of her mother, she lived as Aemilia with the first name of her father. The death tore her away on the threshold of her life.
Citation	Chiara Cenati

Other Translations

"Aux dieux Mânes. Ici est enterrée une fillette de cinq ans. C'est Aemilius Hermes qui lui donna la vie, l'appela d'après le nomen de la mère Plotia, d'après le praenomen du père Amilia. (C'est ainsi que) finit sa vie, (elle) que la mort arracha au seuil de sa vie." (French , IDR 03/5-2)
Me he escapado, he huido. Esperanza y Fortuna, adiós, ya no tengo que ver nada con vosotras, engañad a otros. (Spanish, Fernández Martínez 1999)

Prosopographical Information

Name Aemilius Hermes
Gender Male
Age Range Adult (21–60) [expression: Canonical]
Legal Status Roman citizen
Romans 1by1 Link http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/11133
Role Dedicator
Name Aemilia Plotia
Gender Female
Age Range Infant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Legal Status Roman citizen
Romans 1by1 Link http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/11133
Role Dedicatee

Name	Aemilius Hermes
Gender	Male
Age Range	Adult (21–60) [expression: Canonical]
Legal Status	Roman citizen
Romans 1by1 Link	http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/11133
Role	Dedicator

Name	Aemilia Plotia
Gender	Female
Age Range	Infant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Legal Status	Roman citizen
Romans 1by1 Link	http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/11133
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	201 AD
Date (To)	275 AD
Date (Criteria)	formulae

Bibliography

CIL 03, 01228
CLE 00567
IDR 03/ 5-2, 00489
HD038862 🔗 link
Lupa 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link
C. Fernández Martínez, Poesía epigráfica latina II, Madrid 1999, no. 567 (Spanish translation) 🔗 link
EDCS-15800480 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2026-07-28, by Andreea Petricioiu
Work Status	Complete
Import Notice	Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:11:38, ID there: HD038862

Revisions

by Unknown
at 2024-07-11 12:11
by Eric Andreas Kunz
at 2024-08-12 18:16
by Eric Andreas Kunz
at 2024-08-12 18:16
by Anna Pokorny
at 2025-01-29 15:31
by Andreea Petricioiu
at 2026-07-05 13:23
by Andreea Petricioiu
at 2026-07-05 13:26
by Andreea Petricioiu
at 2026-07-05 14:04
by Andreea Petricioiu
at 2026-07-05 14:04
by Andreea Petricioiu
at 2026-07-05 14:08
by Andreea Petricioiu
at 2026-07-05 14:09
by Andreea Petricioiu
at 2026-07-05 14:10
by Andreea Petricioiu
at 2026-07-05 14:14
by Andreea Petricioiu
at 2026-07-05 14:17
by Andreea Petricioiu
at 2026-07-07 09:59
by Chiara Cenati
at 2026-07-23 09:45
by Andreea Petricioiu
at 2026-07-28 11:40
by Chiara Cenati
at 2026-07-28 13:03

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