The Inscription of Iovina

Current Location

Institution: VIAF ID: 124364831

TGN ID: 7003045 VIAF ID: 148456131
Inventory Number: 364

External Resources

TrisMegistos: 125661
Epigraphic Database Rome: EDR097920
Ubi Erat Lupa: 29364

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: Mid-Fourth Century.
Dating criteria: palaeography, onomastics

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: Frontal panel of the sarcophagus.
Material(s): Limestone.
Execution: Inscribed.
Dimensions: 36.5 × 68 cm
Epigraphic Field: 31.5 × 61 cm
Letters Height: 4-5 cm

Palaeographic comment

Dextrograde direction, horizontal alignment, vertical module, irregular ductus, triangular interpunction, centered layout.

D wide, with square module;

M composed of four oblique strokes;

N with vertical lateral strokes.

Inscribed front panel of a limestone sarcophagus — The iscription of Iovina. 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

               
                  Turranius Honoṛatus
               
               Aur(eliae) Iovinae, dulcissimae conpari (!)
                    
               quae vixit mecum annos X, menses II.
                    
               Si quis ean (!) <arcam> voluerit aper⸢i⸣re
                    
               dabit fisco argenti pondo
                    quinque
                
               quinque

APPARATUS CRITICUS

TRANSLATION

Turranius Honoratus, to Aurelia Iovina, sweetest companion, who lived with me 10 years and 2 months.

If anyone wishes to open this sarcophagus, he shall pay to the treasury five (roman) pounds of silver.

COMMENTARY

The gens Turrania is abundantly documented in Concordia, including in this very necropolis (CIL V 8692).

PEOPLE

Turranius Honoratus

NOMEN: Turranius
COGNOMEN: Honoratus
GENS: Turrania
ORIGIN (of the name Honoratus): latin
GENDER: male
OCCUPATION: civilian
ROLE: dedicator
RELATIONSHIP: husband (→ Aurelia Iovina)

Aurelia Iovina

NOMEN: Aurelia
COGNOMEN: Iovina
GENS: Aurelia
ORIGIN (of the name Iovina): latin
GENDER: female
OCCUPATION: civilian
ROLE: deceased
RELATIONSHIP: wife (→ Turranius Honoratus)

Bibliography

Bertolini 1874a, 31, n. 27.

Bertolini 1874b, 296, n. 26.

CIL V 8772

ILCV 816

Lettich 1983, 104, n. 75.

EDR: EDR097920
Author of the record:: Damiana Baldassarra
Date:: 21-11-2007

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