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The Inscription of Ennius Cerealis

The Inscription of Ennius Cerealis

Current Location

Institution
VIAF ID: 124364831
TGN ID: 7003045 VIAF ID: 148456131
Inventory Number
56

External Resources

TrisMegistos
125676
Epigraphic Database Rome
EDR097935
Ubi Erat Lupa
29244

INSCRIPTION DETAILS

Findspot and Place of Origin

Country
Italy
Region
Veneto
Ancient Region
Regio X Venetia et Histria
City
Concordia Sagittaria
Ancient City
TM ID: 12269 DARE ID: 10645 VIAF ID: 148456131

Chronology

Date of the inscription

Date
Late Third Century - Early Fourth Century A.D.
Dating criteria
palaeography, onomastics

Autopsy

Institution
VIAF ID: 124364831
TGN ID: 7003045 VIAF ID: 148456131
Location within museum
set into the wall of the left nave
Date of observation
2025

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Type
Frontal panel of the sarcophagus
Material(s)
Limestone.
Execution
Inscribed.
Dimensions
37 × 142 cm
Epigraphic Field
27 × 126 cm
Letters Height
3-4 cm

Palaeographic comment

Dextrograde direction, horizontal layout, vertical and irregular module, irregular ductus, shallow incision, centered layout.

M is formed by four oblique strokes.

P with open loop.

Q with tail that extends downward below the baseline.

Limestone sarcophagus with inscribed front.
The sarcophagus of Cerealis. Museo Nazionale Concordiese, Portogruaro; photo by Ortolf Harl (Ubi Erat Lupa). Courtesy of the Ministry of Culture - Regional Directorate of National Museums of Veneto. Any commercial or for-profit use of these images is strictly prohibited and must be subject to a specific authorization request to the Regional Directorate of National Museums of Veneto.

INSCRIPTION

INTERPRETATIVE TRANSCRIPTION

PART a:

PART b:

Ennia Asteria, Enni Asteri filia, ex origine Enni Cerealis avi sui arcam suo nomine renovavit, quam post ex = cessum suum si quis inruperit (!) inferet fisci rationibus HS (!) CC NN(ummum). Fili sane veniam habebunt.

APPARATUS CRITICUS

1a. DD(IS) MM(ANIBVS), , EDR097935 .

TRANSLATION

Ennia Asteria, daughter of Ennius Asterius, restored in her own name the arca that had belonged to her grandfather Ennius Cerealis.

If anyone should violate it after her death, he shall pay two hundred sesterces to the accounts of the fiscus. Her children, however, shall be exempt.

COMMENTARY

PEOPLE

Ennius Cerealis

NOMEN
Ennius
COGNOMEN
Cerealis
GENS
Ennia
ORIGIN (of the name Cerealis)
latin
GENDER
male
OCCUPATION
civilian
ROLE
deceased
RELATIONSHIP
grandfather (→ Ennia Asteria)

Ennia Asteria

NOMEN
Ennia
COGNOMEN
Asteria
GENS
Ennia
ORIGIN (of the name Asteria)
latin
GENDER
female
OCCUPATION
civilian
ROLE
dedicator (restoration)
RELATIONSHIP
daughter (→ Ennius Asterius)
RELATIONSHIP
granddaughter (→ Ennius Cerealis)

Ennius Asterius

NOMEN
Ennius
COGNOMEN
Asterius
GENS
Ennia
ORIGIN (of the name Asterius)
latin
GENDER
male
OCCUPATION
civilian
ROLE
mentioned
RELATIONSHIP
father (→ Ennius Asterius)

Bibliography

, 120, nr. 5.
CIL V 8988e
EDR
EDR097935
Author of the record:
Damiana Baldassarra
Date:
30-11-2007 28-04-2022