Grave stela of Saturnila and Alexandros from Veles

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Editor

Nikola Vulić, Marijana Ricl, Klaus Hallof, Slavica Babamova

Type of monument

stele

Material

marble

Findspot

Veles

Observed in

Origin

an unidentified settlement close to the city of Veles

Dimensions

height 117 cm., width 56 cm., length 17 cm.

Institution and inventory

Archaeological Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia
No 578

Hand description

Interlinear space 0.5–1 cm.

Letter size

height 1.5–2 cm.

Layout description

Inscription field

height cm., width cm.

Decoration

In the upper part there is a triangle fronton with a four-leaf rosette in the middle. Below is a relief field with a depiction of a man lying on a klinē. On the left side of the klinē there is a man wearing chiton and on the right side a woman wearing chiton and himation over her head, seated on a chair. Below is the inscription field.

Audio

Text

Category of inscription

funerary inscription – prose

Date

3rd c. AD

Dating criteria

lettering, nomenclature

Images

Archives of the Archaeological Museum – Skopje

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txt

Рrose grc
Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἰούλιος καὶ Ἰουλία Σατορνί-
λᾳ τῇ μητρὶ καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ
[...]ιῳ τῷ πατρὶ καὶ Αὐρ(ήλιος) ((·)) Νικόλαος
[τοῖ]ς πάπποις διὰ Συρίωνος τοῦ συν-
5[δούλ]ου μνείας χάριν. ((hedera)) ἀφῆκάν τε Συρίω-
[να τὸν] δοῦλον τῷ μνημνείῳ καθῶς καὶ πρὶν
[Σατ]ο[ρ]νῖλα ἐνετείλατο, ἐπεὶ ἔλαβεν λύτρα πα[ρ]’
[αὐτοῦ], ἵνα τὰ καθήκοντα καθ' ἑνιαυτὸν ταῖς ἐθίμο[ις]
[ἡ]μέραις ποιῇ τῇ θρεψάσῃ, ὡς καὶ μέχρι νῦν πεποί-
10ηκεν. ((hedera))

ΑΥΡΙΟΥΛΙΟΣΚΑΙΙΟΥΛΙΑΣΑΤΟΡΝΙ
.ΑΤΗΜΗΤΡΙΚΑΙΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΩ
...ΙΩΤΩΠΑΤΡΙΚΑΙΑΥΡ · ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΣ
[...].ΠΑΠΠΟΙΣΔΙΑΣΥΡΙΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΣΥΝ
5[....]..ΜΝΕΙΑΣΧΑΡΙΝΑΦΗΚΑΝΤΕΣΥΡΙΩ
[.. ...]ΔΟΥΛΟΝΤΩΜΝΗΜΝΕΙΩΚΑΘΩΣΚΑΙΠΡ..
[...]Ο[.]ΝΙΛΑΕΝΕΤΕΙΛΑΤΟΕΠΕΙΕΛΑΒΕΝΛΥΤΡΑΠΑ[.]’
[.....]ΙΝΑΤΑΚΑΘΗΚΟΝΤΑΚΑΘΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΝΤΑΙΣΕΘΙΜ.[..]
[.]...ΑΙΣΠΟΙΗΤΗΘΡΕΨΑΣΗΩΣΚΑΙΜΕΧΡΙΝΥΝΠΕΠΟΙ
10ΗΚΕΝ

txt

Aurelius Iulius and Iulia, in memory of their mother Saturnila and father Alexander — — —, and Aurelius Nikolaos (in memory) of his grandparents, through their family slave Syrion. They freed the slave Syrion at the funerary monument, as had been previously commanded by Saturnila, after the price for his release had been received from him, so that he might perform the duties for the one who had raised him, each year on the usual days, as he has already done.

Αὐρήλιος Ἰούλιος καὶ Ἰουλία Σατορνί λᾳ τῇ μητρὶ καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ ιῳ τῷ πατρὶ καὶ Αὐρήλιος Νικόλαος τοῖς πάπποις διὰ Συρίωνος τοῦ συν δούλου μνείας χάριν. ἀφῆκάν τε Συρίω να τὸν δοῦλον τῷ μνημνείῳ καθῶς καὶ πρὶν Σατορνῖλα ἐνετείλατο, ἐπεὶ ἔλαβεν λύτρα παρ’ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα τὰ καθήκοντα καθ' ἑνιαυτὸν ταῖς ἐθίμοις ἡμέραις ποιῇ τῇ θρεψάσῃ, ὡς καὶ μέχρι νῦν πεποί ηκεν.

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⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

Αὐρήλιος Ἰούλιος

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type: attested
tag: persName

Αὐρήλιος

nymRef: Αὐρήλιος
tag: name

Ἰούλιος

nymRef: Ἰούλιος
tag: name

καὶ

tag: w

Ἰουλία Σατορνί λᾳ

nymRef: Ἰουλία Σατορνίλα
type: attested
tag: persName

Ἰουλία

nymRef: Ἰουλία
tag: name

Σατορνί λᾳ

nymRef: Σατορνῖλα
tag: name

Σατορνί

tag: #text

⤦ n: 2

break: no
tag: lb

tag: unclear

ᾳ

tag: #text

τῇ

tag: w

μητρὶ

lemma: μήτηρ
tag: w

καὶ

tag: w

Ἀλεξάνδρῳ ιῳ

nymRef: Ἀλέξανδρος ...ιος
type: attested
tag: persName

Ἀλεξάνδρῳ

nymRef: Ἀλέξανδρος
tag: name

⤦ n: 3

tag: lb

< GAP >

reason: lost
quantity: 3
unit: character

ιῳ

tag: #text

τῷ

tag: w

πατρὶ

lemma: πατήρ
tag: w

καὶ

tag: w

Αὐρήλιος Νικόλαος

nymRef: Αὐρήλιος Νικόλαος
type: attested
tag: persName

Αὐρήλιος

nymRef: Αὐρήλιος
tag: name

type: dot
tag: g

Νικόλαος

nymRef: Νικόλαος
tag: name

⤦ n: 4

tag: lb

τοῖ

reason: lost
tag: supplied

tag: unclear

πάπποις

lemma: πάππος
tag: w

διὰ

tag: w

Συρίωνος

nymRef: Συρίων
type: attested
tag: persName

τοῦ

tag: w

συν δούλου

lemma: σύνδουλος
tag: w

συν

tag: #text

⤦ n: 5

break: no
tag: lb

δούλ

reason: lost
tag: supplied

ου

tag: unclear

μνείας

lemma: μνεία
tag: w

χάριν

lemma: χάριν
tag: w

tag: #text

type: hedera
tag: g

ἀφῆκάν

lemma: ἀφίημι
tag: w

τε

tag: w

Συρίω να

nymRef: Συρίων
type: attested
tag: persName

τὸν

reason: lost
tag: supplied

δοῦλον

lemma: δοῦλος
tag: w

τῷ

tag: #text

μνημνείῳ

lemma: μνημεῖον
tag: w

καθῶς

lemma: καθώς
tag: w

καὶ

tag: w

πρὶν

lemma: πρίν
tag: w

πρ

tag: #text

ὶν

tag: unclear

⤦ n: 7

tag: lb

Σατορνῖλα

nymRef: Σατορνῖλα
type: attested
tag: persName

ἐνετείλατο

lemma: ἐντέλλω
tag: w

tag: #text

ἐπεὶ

lemma: ἐπεί
tag: w

ἔλαβεν

lemma: λαμβάνω
tag: w

λύτρα

lemma: λύτρον
tag: w

παρ’

tag: w

πα

tag: #text

reason: lost
tag: supplied

’

tag: #text

⤦ n: 8

tag: lb

αὐτοῦ

lemma: αὐτός
tag: w

tag: #text

ἵνα

lemma: ἵνα
tag: w

τὰ

tag: w

καθήκοντα

lemma: καθήκω
tag: w

καθ'

lemma: κατά
tag: w

ἑνιαυτὸν

lemma: ἐνιαυτός
tag: w

ταῖς

tag: w

ἐθίμοις

lemma: ἔθιμος
tag: w

ἐθίμ

tag: #text

tag: unclear

ις

reason: lost
tag: supplied

⤦ n: 9

tag: lb

ἡμέραις

lemma: ἡμέρα
tag: w

ἡ

reason: lost
tag: supplied

μέρ

tag: unclear

αις

tag: #text

ποιῇ

lemma: ποῖος
tag: w

τῇ

tag: w

θρεψάσῃ

lemma: τρέφω
tag: w

tag: #text

ὡς

lemma: ὡς
tag: w

καὶ

tag: w

μέχρι

lemma: μέχρι
tag: w

νῦν

lemma: νῦν
tag: w

πεποί ηκεν

lemma: ποιέω
tag: w

πεποί

tag: #text

⤦ n: 10

break: no
tag: lb

ηκεν

tag: #text

type: hedera
tag: g

 
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                <ab>
          <lb n="1"/><persName nymRef="Αὐρήλιος Ἰούλιος" ref="attested.xml#AureliusIulius" type="attested"><name nymRef="Αὐρήλιος" ref="Onom.xml#Aurelius"><expan><abbr>Αὐρ</abbr><ex>ήλιος</ex></expan></name> <name nymRef="Ἰούλιος" ref="Onom.xml#Iulius">Ἰούλιος</name></persName> <w>καὶ</w><persName nymRef="Ἰουλία Σατορνίλα" ref="attested.xml#IuliaSaturnila" type="attested"> <name nymRef="Ἰουλία" ref="Onom.xml#Iulia">Ἰουλία</name> <name nymRef="Σατορνῖλα" ref="Onom.xml#Saturnila">Σατορνί 
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Apparatus

Letters in ligature:

1 )

Readings:

1 ) Ἰουλίᾳ Vulić, cor. Chaniotis (SEG)

1-2 ) Σατορνίǀνᾳ priores, cor. Hallof e v. 7

3 ) in. Αἰλίῳ?

4-5 ) Vulić; συνǀ[τρόφου] Ricl

6-7 ) Hallof; πρέπ[ει ἡ κυρία] Vulić

8 ) in. αὐτῆς] Ricl

8-9 ) ἐθίμǀ[οις τιμαῖς]Vulić,ἐθίμǀ[αις ἡμέρ]αις Ricl

Commentary

The slave Syrion was freed at the tomb of his masters, for which he had paid with his own funds, on the condition that, at that moment and thereafter, he would take care of the tomb of Saturnila.

Bibliography

Вулић, Никола. Споменик 71, 1931, бр. 54, фот.

Ricl, Marijana. A new Paramone-inscription from the Burdur museum, In: Epigraphica Anatolica 29, 1997, pp. 33–34

Inscriptiones Graecae X 2, 2, 428, T. LXII, LXIII

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