Funerary stele of Domitia Ursa and Serenia Quarta from Singidunum

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Editor

Miroslava Mirković

Type of monument

stele

Material

sandstone

Findspot

Belgrade

Observed in

Big Gunpowder Warehouse at the Belgrade Fortress

Origin

Singidunum

Dimensions

height 215 cm., width 110 cm., length 30 cm.

Institution and inventory

National Museum of Serbia
No -

Hand description

Letter size

height 4,3-5,8 cm.

Layout description

Inscription field split vertically into two columns, text is incised in both columns.

Inscription field

height 103 cm., width 80 cm.

Decoration

At the top, an аrched aedicula with two busts under a shell: on the right, a woman with her head covered; on the left, probably also a woman, with her hair arranged in a topknot; each holds a scroll in her hand. In the outer spandrels — dolphins.

Audio

Text

Category of inscription

Funerary inscription – prose

Date

2nd century AD

Dating criteria

lettering

Images

copy_r_1 copy_r_2

txt

Text part a
Рrose la
D(is) M(anibus)
Domitia
Ursa vixit
ann(is) XXV Al-
5banius Sep-
timinus hos-
pitae b(ene) m(erenti) p(osuit)
h(ic) s(ita) e(st) s(it) t(ibi) t(erra) l(evis) Text part b
Рrose la
D(is) M(anibus)
10Sereni-
ae Quartae
interfec-
te (sic) ab hoste
vixit ann(is) L
15Coc(ceius) Montanus
tutor Titianus
scribendum
curavit

DM
DOMITIA
VRSAVIXIT
ANNXXVAL
5BANIVSSEP
TIMINVSHOS
PITAEBMP
HSESTTL
DM
10SERENI
AEQVARTAE
INTERFEC
TEABHOSTE
VIXITANNL
15COCMONTANVS
TVTORTITIANVS
SCRIBENDVM
CVRAVIT

txt

a)

To the Spirits of the Departed.
Domitia Ursa lived 25 years.
Abranius Septiminus set this up for his well-deserving hostess.
Here she lies. May the earth rest lightly upon you.

To the Spirits of the Departed.
For Serenia Quarta, killed by an enemy, who lived 50 years.
Coceius Montanus, guardian under the lex Iulia et Titia, took care that it be inscribed.

Dis Manibus Domitia Ursa vixit annis XXV Al banius Sep timinus hos pitae bene merenti posuit hic sita est sit tibi terra levis

n: a
type: textpart
tag: div

Dis Manibus Domitia Ursa vixit annis XXV Al banius Sep timinus hos pitae bene merenti posuit hic sita est sit tibi terra levis

tag: ab

⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

Dis Manibus

type: divine
tag: persName

Dis

tag: expan

tag: abbr

tag: ex

Manibus

tag: expan

tag: abbr

anibus

tag: ex

⤦ n: 2

tag: lb

Domitia Ursa

type: attested
nymRef: Domitia Ursa
tag: persName

Domitia

nymRef: Domitia
tag: name

⤦ n: 3

tag: lb

Ursa

nymRef: Ursa
tag: name

vixit

lemma: vivo
tag: w

⤦ n: 4

tag: lb

annis

lemma: annus
tag: w

XXV

value: 25
tag: num

Al banius Sep timinus

type: attested
nymRef: Albanius Septiminus
tag: persName

Al banius

nymRef: Albanius
tag: name

tag: #text

⤦ n: 5

break: no
tag: lb

banius

tag: #text

Sep timinus

nymRef: Septiminus
tag: name

Sep

tag: #text

⤦ n: 6

break: no
tag: lb

timinus

tag: #text

hos pitae

lemma: hospita
tag: w

hos

tag: #text

⤦ n: 7

break: no
tag: lb

pitae

tag: #text

bene

lemma: bene
tag: w

merenti

lemma: mereo
tag: w

posuit

lemma: pono
tag: w

⤦ n: 8

tag: lb

hic

lemma: hic
tag: w

sita

lemma: situs
tag: w

est

lemma: sum
tag: w

sit

lemma: sum
tag: w

tibi

lemma: tu
tag: w

terra

lemma: terra
tag: w

levis

lemma: levis
tag: w

Dis Manibus Sereni ae Quartae interfec te sic ab hoste vixit annis L Cocceius Montanus tutor Titianus scribendum curavit

n: b
type: textpart
tag: div

Dis Manibus Sereni ae Quartae interfec te sic ab hoste vixit annis L Cocceius Montanus tutor Titianus scribendum curavit

tag: ab

⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

Dis Manibus

type: divine
tag: persName

Dis

tag: expan

tag: abbr

tag: ex

Manibus

tag: expan

tag: abbr

anibus

tag: ex

⤦ n: 2

tag: lb

Sereni ae Quartae

type: attested
nymRef: Serenia Quarta
tag: persName

Sereni ae

nymRef: Serenia
tag: name

Sereni

tag: #text

⤦ n: 3

break: no
tag: lb

tag: #text

Quartae

nymRef: Quarta
tag: name

⤦ n: 4

tag: lb

interfec te

lemma: interficio
tag: w

interfec

tag: #text

⤦ n: 5

break: no
tag: lb

tag: #text

sic

tag: note

lemma: ab
tag: w

hoste

lemma: hostis
tag: w

⤦ n: 6

tag: lb

vixit

lemma: vivo
tag: w

annis

lemma: annus
tag: w

value: 50
tag: num

⤦ n: 7

tag: lb

Cocceius Montanus

type: attested
nymRef: Cocceius Montanus
tag: persName

Cocceius

nymRef: Cocceius
tag: name

Cocceius

tag: expan

Coc

tag: abbr

ceius

tag: ex

Montanus

nymRef: Montanus
tag: name

⤦ n: 8

tag: lb

tutor

lemma: tutor
tag: w

Titianus

tag: #text

⤦ n: 9

tag: lb

scribendum

lemma: scribo
tag: w

⤦ n: 10

tag: lb

curavit

lemma: curo
tag: w

 
<div type="edition" xml:space="preserve" xml:lang="la">
                  <div n="a" type="textpart">
                        <ab><lb n="1"/><persName type="divine" ref="divine.xml#DM"><expan><abbr>D</abbr><ex>is</ex></expan> <expan><abbr>M</abbr><ex>anibus</ex></expan></persName>
                        <lb n="2"/> <persName type="attested" nymRef="Domitia Ursa" ref="attested.xml#DomitiaUrsa"><name nymRef="Domitia" ref="Onom.xml#Domitia">Domitia</name>
                         <lb n="3"/><name nymRef="Ursa" ref="Onom.xml#Ursa">Ursa</name></persName> <w lemma="vivo">vixit</w>
                        <lb n="4"/><w lemma="annus"><expan><abbr>ann</abbr><ex>is</ex></expan></w> <num value="25">XXV</num> <persName type="attested" ref="attested.xml#AlbaniusSeptiminus" nymRef="Albanius Septiminus"> <name nymRef="Albanius" ref="Onom.xml#Albanius">Al
                        <lb n="5" break="no"/>banius</name> <name nymRef="Septiminus" ref="Onom.xml#Septiminus">Sep
                        <lb n="6" break="no"/>timinus</name></persName> <w lemma="hospita">hos
                        <lb n="7" break="no"/>pitae</w> 
                            <w lemma="bene"><expan><abbr>b</abbr><ex>ene</ex></expan></w>
                            <w lemma="mereo"><expan><abbr>m</abbr><ex>erenti</ex></expan></w> 
                            <w lemma="pono"><expan><abbr>p</abbr><ex>osuit</ex></expan></w>
                        <lb n="8"/>
                            <w lemma="hic"><expan><abbr>h</abbr><ex>ic</ex></expan></w>
                            <w lemma="situs"><expan><abbr>s</abbr><ex>ita</ex></expan></w>
                            <w lemma="sum"><expan><abbr>e</abbr><ex>st</ex></expan></w>
                            <w lemma="sum"><expan><abbr>s</abbr><ex>it</ex></expan></w>
                            <w lemma="tu"><expan><abbr>t</abbr><ex>ibi</ex></expan></w>
                            <w lemma="terra"><expan><abbr>t</abbr><ex>erra</ex></expan></w>
                            <w lemma="levis"><expan><abbr>l</abbr><ex>evis</ex></expan></w>
                            </ab></div>
               
                <div n="b" type="textpart">
                  <ab>
                    <lb n="1"/><persName type="divine" ref="divine.xml#DM"><expan><abbr>D</abbr><ex>is</ex></expan> <expan><abbr>M</abbr><ex>anibus</ex></expan></persName>
                    <lb n="2"/><persName type="attested" ref="attested.xml#SereniaQuarta" nymRef="Serenia Quarta"><name nymRef="Serenia" ref="Onom.xml#Serenia">Sereni
                    <lb n="3" break="no"/>ae</name> <name nymRef="Quarta" ref="Onom.xml#Quarta">Quartae</name></persName>
                    <lb n="4"/> <w lemma="interficio">interfec
                    <lb n="5" break="no"/>te</w> <note>sic</note> <w lemma="ab">ab</w> <w lemma="hostis">hoste</w>
                    <lb n="6"/><w lemma="vivo">vixit</w> <w lemma="annus"><expan><abbr>ann</abbr><ex>is</ex></expan></w> <num value="50">L</num>
                    <lb n="7"/><persName type="attested" ref="attested.xml#CocceiusMontanus" nymRef="Cocceius Montanus"><name nymRef="Cocceius" ref="Onom.xml#Cocceius"><expan><abbr>Coc</abbr><ex>ceius</ex></expan> </name><name nymRef="Montanus" ref="Onom.xml#Montanus">Montanus</name></persName>
                    <lb n="8"/><w lemma="tutor">tutor</w> Titianus
                    <lb n="9"/> <w lemma="scribo">scribendum</w>
                    <lb n="10"/><w lemma="curo">curavit</w>
                    </ab>
                </div>
               </div>

Apparatus

Letters in ligature:

3 ) IT

4 ) NN

3 ) AE

5 ) TE

6 ) IT, NN

7 ) TANV

8 ) TI, AN

9 ) IB, ND

Readings

1 )

Commentary

Bibliography

J. Petrović, Starinar 8-9, 1933-1934, 319-321, drawing

N. Vulić, Spomenik 75, 1933, 4, n. 2, photo

AE 1934, 0179

D. Garašanin, Godišnjak Muzeja Grada Beograda 1, 1954, 85, photo

Inscriptions de la Mésie supérieure 1, 052, photo

HD026986

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