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Inscriptions: Epitaph of the slave Dasius by his owner Caius Farrax Iucundus

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Identification

Reference as: MPL00939
Title Epitaph of the slave Dasius by his owner Caius Farrax Iucundus
Trismegistos-No. 197066

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Scarbantia
Find Context County of Győr-Moson-Sopron, village of Hédérvár, garden of the mansion of count Viczay.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Győr, Xántus János Múzeum
Inventory number 57.1.18
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material sandstone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 49.0 cm

height: 74.0 cm

depth: 17.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Inscription within frame. Above, semi-circular frame containing three starred rosettes topped by a crescent moon.
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / Rosette
  • Architecture / frame
  • Symbol / moon crescent

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Justified
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Justified
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate words - Interpunction

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DASIVSCFAR
RACISIVCVNDI

HOCPOSITAINTVMVLO
PVERISVNTOSSAVIATOR
5QVEMSVPERINTITVLO
[---][·]
[------]
Dasius C(aii) Far-
racis Iucundi.

Hoc posita in tumulo
pueri sunt ossa viator
5quem super in titulo
[---]ṭọ[. c. 1.]
[------]
Dasius C(aii) Farracis Iucundi.

Hoc posita in tumulo pueri sunt ossa viator
quem super in titulo [---]ṭọ[. c. 1. ------]
Apparatus

Text follows CIL and RIU. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.

ll. 1-2: C. Farrax Iucundus appears on CIL 03, 04257 from Sopron (Ödenburg), CIL.
l. 6: [lacrimat us]qu[e] pa[te]r et c..., CLE. [dici] cum pa[tre vid]eto, Cholodniak. [...ovapa??] peto. (?), Fehér. [ ...ovapa?? p⸢e⸣]to, Kovács and Fehér. [lacrimas us]qu[e] pa[te]r et q[-----, Cugusi and Sblendorio Cugusi.

Main Translation

Translation Dasius, (scil. slave) of Caius Farrax Iucundus.

The bones of this boy are buried here, traveller, who up on this stone ...
Citation Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameDasius
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusSlave
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameCaius Farrax Iucundus
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Cugusi and Sblendorio Cugusi. Gabler proposes a dating to the second half of the 1st century AD, though without criteria. Szőnyi proposes a dating to the 1st century AD, without criteria. Fehér and Kovács propose a 51-100 AD dating, without criteria. Harl and Beszédes (Ubi Erat Lupa) propose a 60-100 AD dating, based on decoration.

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Dating

Date (From) 71 AD
Date (To) 100 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • language

Bibliography

Images

  • Epitaph of the slave Dasius by his owner Caius Farrax Iucundus.

    Epitaph of the slave Dasius by his owner Caius Farrax Iucundus.

    Source: Ubi Erat Lupa 780 (c) Györ - Xántus János Múzeum, foto by Ortolf Harl 1998

Editing History

Created 2025-08-06, by Eric Andreas Kunz
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:12:09, ID there: HD040521
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:12
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-12 18:29
  3. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-12 18:30
  4. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-12 18:30
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 15:29
  6. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-18 08:29
  7. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-18 08:54
  8. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-18 09:46
  9. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-18 09:47
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-07-18 12:42
  11. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-21 06:26
  12. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-21 07:15
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-08-06 11:04
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