The Inscription of Flavius Gaudentius and Martina

Current Location

Institution: VIAF ID: 124364831

TGN ID: 7003045 VIAF ID: 148456131
Inventory Number: 356

External Resources

TrisMegistos: 125626
Epigraphic Database Rome: EDR097885
Ubi Erat Lupa: 29353

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 Fourth Century A.D.
Dating criteria: palaeography

Autopsy

Institution: VIAF ID: 124364831

TGN ID: 7003045 VIAF ID: 148456131
Location within museum: set into the wall of the right nave
Date of observation: 2024

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Type: Panel of the lateral slab of the sarcophagus.
Material(s): Limestone
Execution: Inscribed.
Dimensions: 57.5 × 74.5 cm
Epigraphic Field: 57.5 × 74.5 cm
Letters Height: 4-8 cm

Palaeographic comment

Dextrograde direction, horizontal alignment, irregular module, descending ductus, shallow incision. No interpunction.

A sometimes with a broken crossbar.

E is lunate, with the middle arm placed high in the body of the letter, similar to the E of the uncial type.

Inscribed lateral panel of a limestone sarcophagus — The iscription of Gaudentius and Martina. 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

               
                  Aur⸢e⸣lius Gau
                    =
               
                  dentius et Mar
                    =
               tina vivos se (!) com
                    =
               paravet (!) Si qụịs e
                    =
               is iniuriam det <fisco>
               
               aur⸢i⸣ libra (!) una (!)
                
            

APPARATUS CRITICUS

3. CON, Bertolini 1874a, Bertolini 1874b, CIL V 8726, ILCV 836, Lettich 1983, . 5. <FISCI VIRIBVS>, Bertolini 1874b .

TRANSLATION

Aurelius Gaudentius and Martina commissioned for themselves in their lifetime.

If anyone should inflict injury on it, he will give to the fiscus one roman pound of gold..

COMMENTARY

PEOPLE

Aurelius Gaudentius

NOMEN: Aurelius
COGNOMEN: Gaudentius
GENS: Aurelia
ORIGIN (of the name Gaudentius): latin
GENDER: male
OCCUPATION: civilian
ROLE: dedicator/deceased
RELATIONSHIP: husband (→ Martina)

Martina

COGNOMEN: Martina
ORIGIN (of the name Martina): latin
GENDER: female
OCCUPATION: civilian
ROLE: dedicator/deceased
RELATIONSHIP: wife (→ Aurelius Gaudentius)

Bibliography

Bertolini 1874a, 107, nr. 44.

Bertolini 1874b, 291, nr. 14.

CIL V 8726

ILCV 836

Lettich 1983, 99, nr. 62.

EDR: EDR097885
Author of the record:: Damiana Baldassarra
Date:: 21-11-2007 08-04-2016

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