The Inscription of Sabina and Paccianus
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
- Type
- Frontal tablet of the sarcophagus.
- Material(s)
- Limestone.
- Execution
- Inscribed.
- Dimensions
- 57 × 97 cm
- Epigraphic Field
- 38 × 78 cm
- Letters Height
- 6,5 cm
Palaeographic comment
Dextrograde direction; horizontal alignment; the first two lines are the most carefully executed: square module, with the presence of thick and thin strokes creating a chiaroscuro effect, while in the subsequent lines, the incision is shallower and the letters display a more laterally compressed module; regular ductus, centred layout.
INSCRIPTION
INTERPRETATIVE TRANSCRIPTION
APPARATUS CRITICUS
5. DVLCI[S]SIM[O], Bertolini 1877
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TRANSLATION
To the Manes gods.
Cusica Sabina, while still alive, arranged (the sarcophagus) for herself and for Ennius Paccianus, her most affectionate husband.
PEOPLE
Cusica Sabina
- NOMEN
- Cusica
- COGNOMEN
- Sabina
- GENS
- Cusica
- ORIGIN (of the name Sabina)
- latin
- GENDER
- female
- OCCUPATION
- civilian
- ROLE
- dedicator/deceased
- RELATIONSHIP
- wife (→ Ennius Paccianus)
Ennius Paccianus
- NOMEN
- Ennius
- COGNOMEN
- Paccianus
- GENS
- Ennia
- ORIGIN (of the name Paccianus)
- latin
- GENDER
- male
- OCCUPATION
- civilian
- ROLE
- deceased
- RELATIONSHIP
- husband (→ Cusica Sabina)
Bibliography
| Bertolini 1877, 120, n. 4. |
| CIL V 8988a |
| Pellegrini 1975, 186. |
| Lettich 1994, 255-256, n. 171. |
- EDR
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EDR097931
- Author of the record:
- Damiana Baldassarra
- Date:
- 23-07-2008
COMMENTARY
The gentilicum Cusicus/Cusica derives from Cusius and may have been formed either through the addition of the Celtic suffix -igo (Pellegrini 1975, 185–187) or through the suffix -ikos, which is typically Venetic (Desinan 1990, 128).
Paccianus derives from the gentilicum Paccius and is not otherwise attested at Concordia.
The gentilicum Ennius, by contrast, is well attested in the city from the Late Republican period onwards.