The Inscription of Oppius Marinus

Current Location

Institution: VIAF ID: 124364831

TGN ID: 7003045 VIAF ID: 148456131
Inventory Number: 348

External Resources

TrisMegistos: 125658
Epigraphic Database Rome: EDR097917
Ubi Erat Lupa: 29367

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 the wall of the right nave
Date of observation: 2024

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Type: Frontal slab of the sarcophagus.
Material(s): Limestone
Execution: Inscribed.
Dimensions: 45 × 121.5 cm
Epigraphic Field: 45 × 121.5 cm
Letters Height: 5-6 cm

Palaeographic comment

Inscribed front panel of a limestone sarcophagus — The iscription of Oppius Marinus. 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

               
                  Oppius Marinus emit sibi de bropid (!)
               
                  labore arcam et ita scribsit (!) ius
                        =
               
                  sit: ut post obitum ipsius si quis
               
                  alicniscna (!) in ea se voluerit
                        
               poni, d⸢e⸣t fisco ar⸢g⸣e<n>ti p<o>ndo s(ex).

APPARATUS CRITICUS

1. [---]VS, Bertolini 1874a, Bertolini 1874b; [VE]TTIVS, CIL V 8769 PROPIO, Bertolini 1874a; PROPRIO, Bertolini 1874b . 2. [L]ABORE, Bertolini 1874a; [---]ABORE, Bertolini 1874b SCRIBSI, CIL V 8769 . 3. S[I]T, Bertolini 1874a; S[---]T, Bertolini 1874b QVI, Bertolini 1874a, Bertolini 1874b . 4. ALICNISCNA, Bertolini 1874a, Bertolini 1874b .

TRANSLATION

COMMENTARY

The gens Oppia (CIL V 8689; EDR097849) and the cognomen Marinus (CIL V 1918; EDR097787) are already attested in Concordia as early as the Early Imperial period.

PEOPLE

Oppius Marinus

NOMEN: Oppius
COGNOMEN: Marinus
GENS: Oppia
ORIGIN (of the name Marinus): latin
GENDER: male
OCCUPATION: civilian
ROLE: dedicator/deceased

Bibliography

Bertolini 1874a, 27, nr. 17.

Bertolini 1874b, 296, nr. 28.

CIL V 8769

Lettich 1983, 105-106, nr. 78.

EDR: EDR097917
Author of the record:: Franco Luciani
Date:: 30-10-2014

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