Inscriptions: Epitaph for two brothers

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00953
Title	Epitaph for two brothers
Trismegistos-No.	180496

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Eremitu
Find Context	Two different fragments presenting the same inscription were found in the 19th century in a house in Călugăreni. Fragment A (45 x 40 x 18-20 cm, letters 4,5 cm) was found inside the castrum, seen and copied by C. Daicoviciu. Its last known location was in the archeological collection of a local monastery. Fragment B (64 x 41 cm, letters 4,5 cm) was found around 1890, salvaged by F. Kovács and its last known location was the Museum of Târgu Mureș.
Latitude	46.6307
Longitude	24.88
Current Location	Lost
Inventory number
Current Location Details	The inscription was last in Târgu Mureș, Muzeu de Arheologie și Istorie.
Vicinity	[{"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": [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": [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": [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": [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": [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": [45.9133, 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": [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"}]

Object Details

Object Type	stele
Material	limestone
State of Preservation
Dimensions	width: 41.0 cm height: 64.0 cm depth: 20.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	4.5
Letter Size in cm (max)	4.5
Execution Technique	embossed
Religion	Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Verse + Prose
Scriptio Continua in verse part no
Abbreviations in verse part no
Verse Line Correspondence No, but follows metrical subdivisions

Prose Verse Presence	Verse + Prose
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Romanian
Verse Type(s)	Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

[]AQVIDEMIV
VENESFOR[]NAPEREMIT
SED[]EAS[]ATRISCON
[]OSSVAROGIS

5[---]ETAVRIVLI
[]ESVIXANN
[]VLAMATER

[Inmatur]a quidem iu-
venes for[tu]na peremit
sed [pi]e(t)as [m]atris con-
[didit]ossua rogis.

5[---] et Aur(elius) Iuli-
[anus fratr]es vix(it?)ann(os)
[Aur(elia)Proc]ula mater.

[Inmatur]a quidem iuvenes for[tu]na peremit
sed [pi]e(t)as [m]atris con[didit]ossua rogis. -

[---] et Aur(elius) Iuli[anus fratr]es vix(it?)ann(os) [Aur(elia)Proc]ula mater.

Apparatus

l.1 [Inmatur]a orig., reg. Immatura

Text follows IDR.

l. 1: iuvenes, Bücheler, Paulovics; iuvenem Lommatzsch
l. 3: pietas, Krummrey; ATAS, Daicoviciu; ILIA, Paulovics; MEAS, Gurzó.

The epitaph also presents the archaic form “inmatura” , the classical form being “immatura”. This is an expression (“inmatura fortuna”) which shows how deeply ingrained Roman culture is at this time in such a remote part of the Empire.
Fischer suggested omitting “quidem” in the translation being of the opinion that it is unecessary.

Main Translation

Translation	“A premature destiny kidnapped them as they were still young, but the love of their mother collected their remains in the graves. The two brothers [—] and Aurelius Iulianus who lived [—] years ,their mother Aurelia Procula [—]”.
Citation	MAPPOLA Team

Other Translations

“destinul (vrăjmaș) răpit-a-nainte de vreme pe tineri, dar pietatea mamei a pus (așezat) trupurilor în morminte; — și Aurelius Iuli[anus ?frații] a(u?) trăit ani —; ?Aurelia Procula mamă —“. (Romanian, IDR 3, 4, 216)

Prosopographical Information

Name Aurelia Procula
Gender Female
Age Range Adult (21–60)
Legal Status Roman citizen
Romans 1by1 Link http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/7416
Role Dedicator
Name Aurelius Iulianus
Gender Male
Age Range Subadult (13–20) [precision: low]
Legal Status Roman citizen
Romans 1by1 Link http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/7415
Role Dedicatee

Name	Aurelia Procula
Gender	Female
Age Range	Adult (21–60)
Legal Status	Roman citizen
Romans 1by1 Link	http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/7416
Role	Dedicator

Name	Aurelius Iulianus
Gender	Male
Age Range	Subadult (13–20) [precision: low]
Legal Status	Roman citizen
Romans 1by1 Link	http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/7415
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	101 AD
Date (To)	250 AD
Date (Criteria)	formulae

Bibliography

CIL 03, 12552
CLE 01780
CLE 02074
IDR 03-04, 00216
P. István, Dacia keleti határvonala és az úgynevezett „dák” ezüstkincsek kérdése, Kolozsvár (Cluj) 1944. 🔗 link
C. Daicoviciu, Monumente inedite din Dacia, Anuarul Institutului de Studii Clasice 59 I (Cluj), 112-126. 🔗 link
HD045405 🔗 link
EDCS-29100050 🔗 link
PH300095 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2026-09-21, by Andreea Petricioiu
Work Status	Complete
Import Notice	Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:13:36, ID there: HD045405

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