Digital Approaches to the Inscriptions of the Eastern Necropolis of Iulia Concordia

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The Inscription of Gerontia

The Inscription of Gerontia

Current Location

Institution
VIAF ID: 124364831
TGN ID: 7003045 VIAF ID: 148456131
Inventory Number
375

External Resources

TrisMegistos
125654
Epigraphic Database Rome
EDR097913
Ubi Erat Lupa
29362

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, onomastics

Autopsy

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

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Type
Frontal slab of the sarcophagus.
Material(s)
Limestone.
Execution
Inscribed.
Dimensions
53 × 142,5 cm
Epigraphic Field
53 × 142,5 cm
Letters Height
6-8 cm

Palaeographic comment
Inscribed front panel of a limestone sarcophagus
The iscription of Gerontia. 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

Ego Gerontia arcam de proprio com[para]vi. Si qu[is eam aperi]ṛe voluerit dabit fisco arg(enti) pondo V.

APPARATUS CRITICUS

2. COM[PARAVI MIHI. SI QVIS EAM] APERIRE, Bertolini 1875a, Bertolini 1875b, CIL V 8765, ILCV 818 A, EDR097913 .

TRANSLATION

I, Gerontia, prepared the sarcophagus with my own funds.

Whoever wishes to open it shall give to the fiscus 5 roman pounds of silver.

COMMENTARY

Gerontia is a name of Greek origin, coming from Asia Minor (Holder 1904, 2014).

PEOPLE

Gerontia

COGNOMEN
Gerontia
ORIGIN (of the name Gerontia)
greek
GENDER
female
OCCUPATION
civilian
ROLE
dedicator/deceased

Bibliography

Bertolini 1875a, 114, n. 54.
Bertolini 1875b, 121, nr. 15.
CIL V 8765
ILCV 818 A
Lettich 1983, 103, nr. 72.
EDR
EDR097913