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Who were the two Aterixes allegedly coming from Osijek and Odra near Zagreb
Mirko Bulat
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The Museum of Slavonia keeps a simple grave stele attributed to Urbana and her son Getul who were freed by Aterix. It was found at the Jewish cemetery in Gornji grad, near the road to Cepin. According to the analysis done by D. Pinterovie in 1978, the stele was dates in the end of the 1st or the beginning of the 2nd century, Urbana's husband and heir and Gaul's father would be /A/rkto, also mentioned on the stele. The location of Aterix's property, where they lived and were buried, could have been that of today's cemetery.
There are no finds that could substantiate this thesis. The word of mouth at the museum was that the stele was first found at a cemetery in Grabovac but there was no mention of which Grabovac. There are several places by that name, namely, in Baranja, near Dalj, Sotin and one near Dakovo. However, Grabovac near the Jewish cemetery has remained unknown. The author believes the original location of the stele was Grabovac in Baranja from where it had to be transferred to Osijek, to the Jewish cemetery more specifically, before 1941.
Based on various information and analogies the author believes that Urbana, mother of Getul, was a member of the Getules (people living in North Africa), and that she was brought in around 25 AD as a slave to the Pannonian IX Legion (Hispanorum) that had fought in North Africa against rebels. She was sold in a town as town slave. Later was bought by Aterix (from Osijek) who set her free together with her children and brother Arkto. The author also thinks that Urbana and Aterix were born around 15 AD and thus of approximately the same age. According to the inscription on the stele she died at the age of 50 which means the stele was made in 65 AD.
The stele from Odra near Zagreb has been attributed to Ateboduus, son of yet another Aterix, a veteran of the II Varcian cohort who was discharged from military service in 80 AD. He died at the age of 75, in around 112 AD. His father Aterix was probably born in around 15 AD.
As for the meaning of the Celtic name Aterix, it could be translated into Croatian on the basis of linguistic analysis as "father King".
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