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Identification

Reference as: MPL00974
Title Funerary stele of the liberta Fortunata
Trismegistos-No. 184164

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Narona
Find Context
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Vid, Erešova kula
Inventory number
Current Location Details Ereš tower, reused in the East-facing wall on the ground floor.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 39.0 cm

height: 69.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.7
Letter Size in cm (max) 3.2
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Part of the inscription within a moulded frame, ll. 13-15 below it.
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / frame

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    • Yes, by different layout
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Justified
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Left aligned
    • Centered
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo
    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

------
CLFORTV[]
ANHSEXIIX

SIPIETASPRODEST
5QVIQVAMVIXISSE
MODESTE«VOSPRECOR»
OMAN«E»[]«MIHI»
TERRA«LEV»[]
LIBERTA«S»[]«FV͡E
10PROMISSA[]«ETANTE»«DITISSVB»
FATVMV«ENIT»[]«NARBITRIVM»
VIVITE«FELICESQVIBV»[]

ESTFORTVNASVPERSTE[]
SPENQVEMEAMOPPRESST
15FATVSINHILVRICVM
------
C(ai) l(iberta) Fortu[nata]
an(norum) h(ic) s(ita) e(st) XIIX

Si pietas prodest
5quiquam vixisse
modeste «vos precor»
o Man«e»[s sit] «mihi»
terra «lev»[is]
liberta«s» [cui] «ọḷịṃ fu͡er»<at>
10promissa [s]«et ante» «Ditis sub»
fatum v«enit» [i]«n arbitrium»
vivite «felices quibu»[s]

est Fortuna superste[s]
spenque meam oppress<i>t
15fatus in Hiluricum.
------ C(ai) l(iberta) Fortu[nata] an(norum) h(ic) s(ita) e(st) XIIX

Si pietas prodest quiquam vixisse modeste
«vos precor» o Man«e»[s sit] «mihi» terra «lev»[is]
liberta«s» [cui] «ọḷịṃ fu͡er»<at> promissa [s]«et ante»
«Ditis sub» fatum v«enit» [i]«n arbitrium»
vivite «felices quibu»[s]

est Fortuna superste[s]
spenque meam oppress<i>t fatus in Hiluricum.
Apparatus

l.5 reg., orig. quiquam
l.14 reg., orig. spenque
l.15 reg., orig. Hiluricum

Text follows E. Marin et al. 1999.
ll.13-15, change from left-aligned to centred layout.

Main Translation

Translation [- – -] Fortunata, freedwoman of Gaius, lies here aged 18.

If dutifulness makes it useful to anyone to have led a life in modesty, I beseech you, divine Manes, may earth rest lightly on me. I was once promised freedom, but fate skipped ahead for me under Pluto’s judgement. Live happy, those of you, who have fortune by their side: fate has crushed my hope in Illyria.
Citation P. Kruschwitz

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameFortunata
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by E. Marin et al. 1999. ll. 6-12 (in angle brackets) have been re-carved due to corrosion of the stone surface, probably following the lines of previously inscribed text.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 50 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • formulae

Bibliography

Images

  • Funerary stele of Fortunata.

    Funerary stele of Fortunata.

    (c) Ubi Erat Lupa, Ortolf Harl 2015

  • Detail of the epitaph of Fortunata within the frame.

    Detail of the epitaph of Fortunata within the frame.

    (c) Ubi Erat Lupa, Ortolf Harl 2015

  • Detail of the epitaph of Fortunata below the frame.

    Detail of the epitaph of Fortunata below the frame.

    (c) Ubi Erat Lupa, Ortolf Harl 2015

Editing History

Created 2025-06-06, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:16:30, ID there: HD050364
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:16
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-30 19:59
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-30 20:00
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-04 15:39
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-04 15:46
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-17 13:54
  7. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-06 11:46
  8. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-06 13:19
  9. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-06 14:32
  10. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-06 14:42
  11. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-06 14:44
  12. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-06 14:46
  13. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-06 14:49
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-09 08:13
  15. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-09 08:19
  16. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-09 08:30
  17. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-26 06:52
  18. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-28 13:55
  19. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-28 16:56
  20. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-06-06 10:48
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