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Identification

Reference as: MPL00936
Title Funerary inscription for Valerius Ursinus and others
Trismegistos-No. 196892

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Brigetio
Find Context Found in the district Szล‘ny before 1873.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Inventory number III 31
Current Location Details Antikesammlung, depot
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material sandstone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 107.0 cm

height: 227.0 cm

depth: 22.0 cm

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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Above the inscription field, a frieze with a soldier and horse; above it, the busts of a woman, two men, and a child.
Decoration Tags
  • Person / Horseman
  • Scene / Family

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DM
VALVRSINVSDVCENARIVSQ
VIVIXITANNXXVMIIIDIESVAVRE
LFIRMILLAFILIAQVAEVIXITANN
5VIIIIMIIIDIESVETFLFIRMVSMILL
EGIADQVIVIXITANNXLVMVD
IESVIIAVRELVRSICINAFRATR
IETFILIAEETCONIVGISVOBEN
EMERENTIBVSSEPVLCRVM
10FACIENDVM[]VRAVIT
VIVIT
EFELICESQVIBVSESTFORTV
NABEATA
D(is) M(anibus).
Val(erius) Ursinus ducenarius, q-
ui vixit ann(os) XXV, m(enses) III, dies V. Aure-
l(ia) Firmilla, filia, quae vixit ann(os)
5VIIII, m(enses) III, dies V et Fl(avius) Firmus, mil(es) l-
eg(ionis) I Ad(iutricis), qui vixit ann(os) XLV, m(enses) V, d-
ies VII. Aurel(ia) Ursicina fratr-
i et filiae et coniugi suo ben-
e merentibus sepulcrum
10faciendum [c]uravit.-
Vivit-
e felices quibus est fortu-
na beata.
D(is) M(anibus). Val(erius) Ursinus ducenarius, qui vixit ann(os) XXV, m(enses) III, dies V. Aurel(ia) Firmilla, filia, quae vixit ann(os) VIIII, m(enses) III, dies V et Fl(avius) Firmus, mil(es) leg(ionis) I Ad(iutricis), qui vixit ann(os) XLV, m(enses) V, dies VII. Aurel(ia) Ursicina fratri et filiae et coniugi suo bene merentibus sepulcrum faciendum [c]uravit.

Vivite felices quibus est fortuna beata.
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Prosopographical Information

  • NameValerius Ursinus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21โ€“60) [precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameAurelia Firmilla
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeInfant (0โ€“12) [precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameFlavius Firmus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21โ€“60)
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameAurelia Ursicina
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 201 AD
Date (To) 250 AD
Date (Criteria)

Bibliography

Images

  • ยฉ Wien - Kunsthistorisches Museum, Foto: Ortolf Harl 2019 Dezember

Editing History

Created 2026-10-15, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:11:49, ID there: HD039580
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:11
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-12 18:22
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 15:30
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-10-08 10:35
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-10-10 15:16
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-27 14:04
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-27 14:11
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-27 14:12
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-27 14:12
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-01-28 10:37
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-06-09 08:15
  12. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-27 12:37
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