Inscriptions: Sarcophagus of Aurelia Marcellina

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00971
Title	Sarcophagus of Aurelia Marcellina
Trismegistos-No.	195280

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Campona
Find Context
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Budapest, Nagytétény - Kastelymúzeum
Inventory number	RD 373; 257.1873.1
Current Location Details
Vicinity	[{"coords": [47.4983, 19.0404], "id": 971, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/971", "long_id": "MPL00971", "place": "Campona", "text": "[---]a[e] m\u0361emoria\u0361e [---] Hoc iacet in lapid\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/F2785_G1.jpg", "title": "Sarcophagus of Aurelia Marcellina"}, {"coords": [47.6668, 19.064], "id": 840, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/840", "long_id": "MPL00840", "place": "Ulcisia Castra", "text": "Lubrica quassa levis [fragilis bona vel mala falla\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/D3164_G2.jpg", "title": "Epitaph by the poet Lupus"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 53, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/53", "long_id": "MPL00053", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "Hic sita sum matrona, genus nomen-que Veturia Fort\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/3019-2.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for Veturia"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 59, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/59", "long_id": "MPL00059", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "Memoriae Q(uinti) [Ael](ii) [ Apoll]oni mil(itis) \u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/2908-3.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for Q. Aelius Apollonius"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 69, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/69", "long_id": "MPL00069", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "Clausa iacet lapidi coninux pia cara Sabina. Artib\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/3025-1.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for Aelia Sabina"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 846, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/846", "long_id": "MPL00846", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "[Par]vus et exiguam lucem frunitus iniquae Parcae \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Aquincum \u2013 Budapest (Pannonia inferior) - HD018818"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 865, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/865", "long_id": "MPL00865", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) hic iacet ecce vides pupa sine fi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Aquincum \u2013 Budapest (Pannonia inferior) - HD024858"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 906, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/906", "long_id": "MPL00906", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "[---]\u03b9\u03b5 [---] [---]\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b4\u0027 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9 [---] [---]\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b6\u03b1\u03b8\u03b5\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Aquincum \u2013 Budapest (Pannonia inferior) - HD035863"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 907, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/907", "long_id": "MPL00907", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "Front: D(is) M(anibus) C(aio) Val(erio) Papirian\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/0294-3.jpg", "title": "Sarcophagus of C. Valerius Papirianus"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 908, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/908", "long_id": "MPL00908", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "\u039b\u1f73\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f05 \u03b8\u1f73\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03bb\u03b5\u03b3\u1f73\u03c4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50 \u03bc\u1f73\u03bb\u03b9 \u03bc\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c5\u03c6\u1f77\u03bb\u03b9 \u03bc\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Identification inscription from Aquincum \u2013 Budapest (Pannonia inferior) - HD035889"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 1060, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1060", "long_id": "MPL01060", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) et perpetu(a)e securitatem (sic) \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Aquincum \u2013 Budapest (Pannonia inferior) - HD068507"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 1061, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1061", "long_id": "MPL01061", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "Francus ego cives Romanus miles in armis egregia v\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Aquincum \u2013 Budapest (Pannonia inferior) - HD068602"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 1062, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1062", "long_id": "MPL01062", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "Q(uintus) Frendull-us Rufus Vicetinus vix(it) n(os\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Aquincum \u2013 Budapest (Pannonia inferior) - HD068603"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 1063, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1063", "long_id": "MPL01063", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) Iovine fili quan-tos mi \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Aquincum \u2013 Budapest (Pannonia inferior) - HD068609"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 2073, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2073", "long_id": "MPL02073", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "Amore amanti s[i a]mas pignus.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication found near Budapest "}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 2183, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2183", "long_id": "MPL02183", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "Hic qu(i)escunt duas matres duas filias numero tre\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/3024-1.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription set up by the veteran Iulius Herculanus"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 2211, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2211", "long_id": "MPL02211", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "Roma tibi subi[to moti-][bus ib]it a\u27e6mor\u27e7 Rotas\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Aquincum%2C_SATOR-Quadrat_aus_dem_Statthalterpalast.jpg", "title": "Sator square from Aquincum"}, {"coords": [47.5641, 19.0495], "id": 2253, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2253", "long_id": "MPL02253", "place": "Aquincum", "text": "Grate, qui fotues Gr(a)e\u2e22c\u2e23a(m) ancilla(m) Lupi op\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Graffito from Aquincum"}, {"coords": [46.7655, 17.248], "id": 799, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/799", "long_id": "MPL00799", "place": "Valcum (Volgum)", "text": "Arma virumqua (sic) arma vi", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Vergilian quote on a tile"}, {"coords": [47.7133, 18.7885], "id": 800, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/800", "long_id": "MPL00800", "place": "Solva", "text": "Adque ea diversa penitus dum parte Irim de caelo m\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Literary quote on a brick"}, {"coords": [46.2531, 17.1006], "id": 1081, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1081", "long_id": "MPL01081", "place": "Csurg\u00f3", "text": "------ S]aturne [---disc]ipulus ni(hi)l (a)era [mi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Identification inscription from Csurg\u00f3 (Pannonia superior) - HD074881"}, {"coords": [47.7343, 18.1936], "id": 936, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/936", "long_id": "MPL00936", "place": "Brigetio", "text": "D(is) M(anibus). Val(erius) Ursinus ducenarius, q-\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/3493-1.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for Valerius Ursinus and others"}, {"coords": [47.7343, 18.1936], "id": 937, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/937", "long_id": "MPL00937", "place": "Brigetio", "text": "Heu simul hic nata et genetrix functaeq(ue) sitaeq\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Brigetio \u2013 Kom\u00e1rom (Pannonia superior) - HD039614"}, {"coords": [47.7343, 18.1936], "id": 1078, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1078", "long_id": "MPL01078", "place": "Brigetio", "text": "Vitula dulcis amor [se]mper suspiri nostri quod 5p\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Acclamation from Brigetio \u2013 Kom\u00e1rom (Pannonia superior) - HD074495"}, {"coords": [47.7343, 18.1936], "id": 2213, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2213", "long_id": "MPL02213", "place": "Brigetio", "text": "Leg(io) I Ad[iutrix ---]. Hoc die felice[s fra\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Christian inscription on a tile"}, {"coords": [46.1567, 17.8345], "id": 970, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/970", "long_id": "MPL00970", "place": "Szentl\u00e1szl\u00f3", "text": "1 R(ecensitum) (scil. opus est) idemq(ue) [probat\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$SEBarc_10_p234.jpg", "title": "Verse inscription on a brick"}, {"coords": [45.6661, 17.4333], "id": 976, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/976", "long_id": "MPL00976", "place": "Aquae Balissae", "text": "Tartareis ruptus fornac[ibus implicat om]nem perpe\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Aquae Balissae, bei \u2013 \u0110ulovac (Pannonia superior) - HD050387"}, {"coords": [46.9169, 17.519], "id": 977, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/977", "long_id": "MPL00977", "place": "Mogetiana", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069] [---]E(?)E[---] [qua?]m \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Mogetiana, bei \u2013 Hegyesd (Pannonia superior) - HD050390"}, {"coords": [47.09, 18.4205], "id": 884, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/884", "long_id": "MPL00884", "place": "Gorsium", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) tu qui festinas pe-dibus consiste \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Gorsium \u2013 T\u00e1c (Pannonia inferior) - HD032224"}, {"coords": [47.09, 18.4205], "id": 2212, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2212", "long_id": "MPL02212", "place": "Gorsium", "text": "D(is) [M(anibus)]. Hic iacet in tumu-lo Aur(e\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/D3587_G1.jpg", "title": "Funerary stele of Aurelia Sabina"}, {"coords": [46.0733, 18.2281], "id": 885, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/885", "long_id": "MPL00885", "place": "Sopianae", "text": "Ius ad iustitiam revocare aequ(u)mque tueri Dalmat\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Honorific inscription from Sopianae?, aus \u2013 Magyarb\u00f3ly, bei (Pannonia inferior) - HD032256"}, {"coords": [46.9755, 18.937], "id": 925, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/925", "long_id": "MPL00925", "place": "Intercisa", "text": "Hoc lapide tegitur Aurel(ia) Pia piissima con[iux]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Intercisa \u2013 Duna\u00fajv\u00e1ros (Pannonia inferior) - HD037297"}, {"coords": [46.9755, 18.937], "id": 926, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/926", "long_id": "MPL00926", "place": "Intercisa", "text": "[Ha]ec quoq(ue) nomine Kara[---] [---]i post lustr\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Intercisa \u2013 Duna\u00fajv\u00e1ros (Pannonia inferior) - HD037385"}, {"coords": [46.9755, 18.937], "id": 2214, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2214", "long_id": "MPL02214", "place": "Intercisa", "text": "Utere felex, Severe, coni(ux) du(lcissime), somnis\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/9739-1.jpg", "title": "Funerary text on an anepigraphic slab"}, {"coords": [46.9755, 18.937], "id": 2215, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2215", "long_id": "MPL02215", "place": "Intercisa", "text": "------ -[---] optamus cunc-ti sit tibi terra levi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/3584-2.jpg", "title": "Fragmentary funerary inscription from Intercisa"}, {"coords": [47.9406, 17.0694], "id": 2129, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2129", "long_id": "MPL02129", "place": "Nickelsdorf", "text": "Si me amas spes amor.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Nickelsdorf"}]

Object Details

Object Type	sarcophagus
Material	limestone
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 215.0 cm height: 73.0 cm depth: 88.0 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	Architecture / frame

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence	Praescriptum + carmen + postscriptum
Prose Verse Distinction	No distinction
Layout Types (Prose)	Centered
Layout Types (Verse)	Centered
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)	Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

[---]A[]M͡EMORIA͡E[---]

HOCIACETINLAPIDEAVREMARCELLINAPIEN
TISSIMACONIVXQVEMLAPISIPSETEGITRAP
TADELVCESERENAHVICA͡ETASPRIMCVM
5FLOREBATINANNISINVIDAFATORVMGEN͡ESIS
MIHISVSTVLITILLAMSVPERA͡NT͡EGEN͡ETRICE
SVAQVA͡ESECVPIEBATOBILLA͡MA͡NT͡EMORTIDA͡RI
QV͡A͡MSIBIFLEBILCASVSACCIDERITFILIVS
QVEPERM..SITIN.OCE...VSE͡TQVICV͡MQVE
LEGISNO.TROSTVNOSTIDOL....SICA.ET
10ELYSIASSE.IORDE.CENDIS.DAVRAS

IVLVICTORINVSBFCOSFC
E͡TP͡AT͡ERA͡VR
EPTA͡LA
PIEN͡TISS

[---]a[e] m͡emoria͡e [---]

Hoc iacet in lapide Aure(lia) Marcellina pien-
tissima coniux. Quem lapis ipse tegit, rap-
ta de luce serena. Huic a͡etas prim(is?) cum
5florebat in annis, invida fatorum Gen͡esis
mihi sustulit illam supera͡nt͡e gen͡etrice
sua, qua͡e {se} cupiebat ob illa͡m a͡nt͡e morti da͡ri,
qu͡a͡m sibi flebil(is) casus acciderit filius-
que perm͡ạṇsit inṇoceṇṭịus. E͡t quicu͡mque
legis, noṣtros tu nosti dolọṛẹṣ, sic aṭ et
10Elysias seṇior deṣcendis ạd auras.

Iul(ius) Victorinus b(ene)f(iciarius) co(n)s(ularis) f(aciendum) c(uravit)
e͡t p͡at͡er A͡ur(elius)
Epta͡la
pien͡tiss(imae?).

[---]a[e] m͡emoria͡e [---] -

Hoc iacet in lapide Aure(lia) Marcellina pien|tissima coniux.
Quem lapis ipse tegit, rap|ta de luce serena.
Huic a͡etas prim(is?) cum florebat in annis,
invida fatorum Gen͡esis mihi sustulit illam
supera͡nt͡e gen͡etrice sua, qua͡e {se} cupiebat ob illa͡m
a͡nt͡e morti da͡ri, qu͡a͡m sibi flebil(is) casus
acciderit filius|que perm͡ạṇsit inṇoceṇṭịus.
E͡t quicu͡mque legis, noṣtros tu nosti dolọṛẹṣ,
sic aṭ et Elysias seṇior deṣcendis ạd auras.

Iul(ius) Victorinus b(ene)f(iciarius) co(n)s(ularis) f(aciendum) c(uravit) e͡t p͡at͡er A͡ur(elius) Epta͡la pien͡tiss(imae?).

Apparatus

l.3 reg., orig. Quem

Text follows TitAq. Checked on drawing Cenati 2025.
l. 3: prima CLE, CLEPann
l. 6: qum CLE, CLEPann
l. 7: accideret CLE; filia que CLE; [aevo ang]uste CLE; Innocentius CLEPann
l. 8: [miserare] CLE
l. 9: aput CLE; apud CLEPann; [sedes per gaudia v]ivas CLE; sedes aeterna per gaudia vivas CLEPann

Main Translation

Translation	For [...] memory [...]. Aurelia Marcellina, a most pious wife, lies in this tomb, she whom this stone itself holds had been seized from the serene light. When her life was first blossoming in years,the jealous horoscope of the Fates stole her away from me. Surviving her mother, who wanted to give herself to death first instead of her, whom a lamentable accident cut down, and her son, Innocentius, perseveres, as do you, anyone who reads my [words], grieve with me. But, in this way, at least you descend to the Elysian breezes when you are older. (Unknown cognomen) Julius Victorinus, beneficiarius consularis, had this made, and her father Aurelius Eptala for his most pious ones.
Citation	Faithfull 2024

Other Translations

Yace bajo esta lápida Aurelia Marcelina, una esposa ejemplar a quien cubre la lápida que veis, tras haber sido arrancada de su apacible vida. En los años en que su edad juvenil florecía para ella, los odiosos planes del destino me la arrebataron, sobreviviéndole su madre, que deseaba entregarse
ella antes a la muerte, en su lugar, cuando un lamentable azar se tropezó con su hija, que quedó sumida para siempre en una situación irremediable. Quienquiera que leas estos versos, [compadécete] de nuestro dolor. Y ojalá vivas [con gozo en los Campos] Elíseos. (Spanish, Fernández Martínez 1998)

Prosopographical Information

Name Aurelia Marcellina
Gender Female
Role Dedicatee
Name Iulius Victorinus
Gender Male
Age Range Adult (21–60)
Profession Military staff
Role Dedicator
Name Aurelius Eptala
Gender Male
Role Dedicator

Name	Aurelia Marcellina
Gender	Female
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Iulius Victorinus
Gender	Male
Age Range	Adult (21–60)
Profession	Military staff
Role	Dedicator

Name	Aurelius Eptala
Gender	Male
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	225 AD
Date (To)	275 AD
Date (Criteria)	history names archaeology

Bibliography

P. Cugusi, Per un nuovo corpus dei Carmina Latina Epigraphica, Materiali e discussioni, Roma 2007, MAL 22 p. 106 🔗 link
CLEPann 48
E. Schallmayer, K. Eibl, J. Ott, G. Preuß, E. Wittkopf, Der römische Weihebezirk von Osterburken 1 (Stuttgart 1990) 332-333, Nr. 412. 🔗 link
AE 1999, 01261
CIL 03, 03397
CLE 00555
HD048582 🔗 link
EDCS 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link
Lupa 🔗 link
TitAq II 1013
C. Fernández Martínez, Poesía epigráfica latina I, Madrid 1998, 299, nr. 555 (Spanish translation) 🔗 link
P. Faithfull, War and Peace. Military Lives and Identities in Latin Verse Inscriptions., Vienna 2024, 695f. 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2025-11-25, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status	Complete
Import Notice	Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:16:13, ID there: HD048582

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