Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)

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The Funerary Stelae from Porolissum. Typological, Iconographical and Epigraphic Aspects

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d. Discovered in 1855. In 1861 it was part of the Andrássy collection and in 1879 it was in the property of A. Dobay. Lost.

e. Torma 1864,19; Torma 1880,129, no. 4; CIL III, 837; Tóth 1978, 38, no. 51; Gudea 1989, 773, no. 58.

13. Fragment of architectural stela (PL 2/13)

a. Limestone. Only the lower left portion of the inscription panel is preserved. D: 55 x 34 x 14 cm.

b. The epigraphic field is flanked by two half columns. The shafts of the half columns are decorated with vine-leaf motifs.

D(is)] M(anibus) / [—[a vix(it) / [—] Nice / [mater fijliae / [benemejritae.

d. Porolissum, passim, acquired by MJIAZ in 1951. MJLAZ Inv. No. 235.

e. Macrea 1956,112, no. 12, fig. 8; AÉ 1958, 288; AÉ 1971, 390; Gudea-Lucäcel 1975,17-18, no. 19, fig. 19; Gudea 1989, 769, no. 41, pl. CCLXXVI; Petolescu 2005, 268, no. 702.

14. Fragment of profiled stela (PI. 2/14)

a. Limestone. Only a fragment from the right side of the relief field is preserved. D: 50 x 47 x 17 cm.

b. The relief field contains the depiction of the funerary banquet. Three persons can be distinguished: a woman seated on the kathedra on the right end of the scene with an infant in her arms. A male character, probably in a reclining posture is placed to the left of the woman. The man holds a cup in his left hand. Both seem to be wearing tunicae manicatae.

c. Second half of the 2nd century, on account of the Faustina Minor type hairstyle displayed by the woman.

d. Discovered in 1986, outside of the walls of the fort on Pomet hill. MJIAZ, without Inv. No.

e. Tamba 1987,163-168.

15. Fragment of profiled stela (PI. 3/15)

a. Limestone. A portion of the inscription panel is preserved on the photograph. Today only the lower fragment is preserved. D: 40 x 32 x 20 cm.

b. The letters are coarsely carved; the inscription field is enclosed in a simple frame.

[D(is) M(anibus)] / [—[us [—] / [— vix(it) an(nos)] XXXV mil(itavit) / [ann(os) ? Aur(elius) P]asser sig(nifer) / [— vix(it)] an(nos) XXXIII Ael(ia) / [?Sura vix(it) a]n(is) XVIII Aur(elius) / [—] mil(es) n(umeri) P(almyrenorum) P(orolissensium) vix(it) / [an(nos) — Aujr(elia) Sabina et Au / [rel(ius) — [us actarius [—].

d. Discovered during the excavation of the porta principalis sinistra of the fort on Pomet hill, by A. Radnóti in 1943. It was acquired by MJIAZ in 1951 from G. Tamba. MJLAZ, Inv. No. 219.

e. Macrea 1956,112-114, fig. 8 (drawing); Gudea-Lucäcel 1975,18, no. 20, fig. 20; Tóth 1978, 39, no. 52, pl. VII; Gudea 1989,770, no. 48; Petolescu 2005, 269, no. 704.

16. Fragment of profiled stela (PI. 3/16)

a. Sandstone. Three connecting fragments of the epigraphic panel were discovered (see photograph), today only the fragment from the right is preserved. D: 64 x 49 x 20 cm.

b. The epigraphic field is enclosed by a frame with complex moulding. The letters are carefully carved and bore signs of minium dye.

Ael(ia) [—] SIN [—] vix(it) / an(nis) XL M(arcus) Coc[c]eius / Alexander vet(eranus) / ex c(enturione) augur m(unicipii) Sep(timii) / Por(olissensis) coniugi.

c. Post 193 AD, on account of the fact, that Porolissum was granted the rank of municipium during the reign of Septimius Severus.

d. Discovered during the excavation of the porta principalis sinistra of the fort on Pomet hill, by A. Radnóti in 1943. MJIAZ Inv. No. 1830 (for the preserved fragment).

e. Gudea-Lucäcel 1975, 20, no. 25, fig. 25 (only the fragment from the right); Tóth 1978, 32, no. 29, pl. VIII; AÉ 1979, no. 499; Gudea 1989, 774, no. 64, pl. CCLXXX.

17. Fragment of profiled stela (PL 3/17)

a. Limestone. The lower left portion of the inscription field is preserved on the photograph. D: 64 x 49 x 20 cm.