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The Inscription of Felix and Lucia

The Inscription of Felix and Lucia

Current Location

Institution
VIAF ID: 124364831
TGN ID: 7003045 VIAF ID: 148456131
Inventory Number
376

External Resources

TrisMegistos
125489
Epigraphic Database Rome
EDR097746
Ubi Erat Lupa
29357

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
First half of the fourth century A.D.
Dating criteria
palaeography, onomastics

Autopsy

Institution
VIAF ID: 124364831
TGN ID: 7003045 VIAF ID: 148456131
Location within museum
set into a low wall in the right nave
Date of observation
2024

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Type
Panel of the frontal slab of the sarcophagus.
Material(s)
Limestone
Execution
Inscribed.
Dimensions
45 × 82 cm
Epigraphic Field
42 × 80 cm
Letters Height
4-5 cm

Palaeographic comment
Inscribed front panel of a limestone sarcophagus
The iscription of Felix and Lucia. 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

F̣l(avius) Felix sibi et Lucie (!) co<n>i = ugi de propio (!) suo vivi fece = runt ut nul<l>us pos(t) ovitum (!) nostrum in hac sepultura ponatur davit (!) fisco auri po = ṇdo dua (!)

APPARATUS CRITICUS

2-3. FECE/RVNT NVL<L>VS, Bertolini 1873a, Bertolini 1873b .

TRANSLATION

COMMENTARY

PEOPLE

Flavius Felix

NOMEN
Flavius
COGNOMEN
Felix
GENS
Flavia
ORIGIN (of the name Felix)
latin
GENDER
male
OCCUPATION
civilian
ROLE
dedicator/deceased
RELATIONSHIP
husband (→ Lucia)

Lucia

COGNOMEN
Lucia
ORIGIN (of the name Lucia)
latin
GENDER
female
OCCUPATION
civilian
ROLE
dedicator/deceased
RELATIONSHIP
wife (→ Flavius Felix)

Bibliography

Bertolini 1873a, 62.
Bertolini 1873b, 66.
Bertolini 1874a, 21, nr. 3.
CIL V 8748
ILCV 812
Forlati Tamaro 1978, 149-150, nr. 6.
Lettich 1983, 101, nr. 67.
EDR
EDR097746
Author of the record:
Damiana Baldassarra
Date:
03-07-2008