Epitaph of an unknown girl from Caesarea created by Fabio Spalla Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T11:58:54, ID there: HD002882 MAPPOLA Database This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. MPL00808 203353 https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscription/show/808 Cherchell, Musée Public National de Cherchell I.01 stele marble fragmentary (adjoining fragments) 29.0 35.0 4.0 Inscription within tabula ansata, topped by moulded tympanum containing a moon crescent on the pediment. Below the tabula, female head beneath a moulded arch. Architecture / Arch Architecture / Moulding Object / Tabula ansata Person / head Person / woman Symbol / moon crescent chiselled Verse Yes To separate words - Interpunction 1.0-1.0 Caesarea 1-100 Caesarea Western necropolis of Cadat, reused in the flooring of a tomb. 36.6073 2.18683 no

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 Greek Greek-Latin Latin Multilingual Ancient Greek written in Latin script Latin written in Greek script funerary inscription

Source: EDCS-08300655 (c) P. Leveau
Hic ego quae iaceo fatis sum rapta sinistris. Secta meis semper dulcis ubique fuit. Desine funestos, mater, iam scindere crines; atque leva luctus, frater, utique minor.

Text follows Hamdoune 2011. Picture checked by Spalla 2025. l. 1: [Eg]o, Leveau. l. 2: [se]cta, CLE. fui, Leveau; CLE. l. 3: Ṣịne, Leveau. [Des]ịne, CLE.

I, who lie here, was snatched away by adverse fate. My way of life was always and everywhere delightful to my loved ones. Mother, stop tearing your hair apart in mourning; and you, little brother, make your grief by all means bearable.

Moi qui repose ici, j'ai été emportée par un destin funeste ; ma conduite toujours et en tout fut douce pour les miens. Cesse à présent, ma mère, d'arracher tes cheveux dans ton deuil, et toi en tout cas, petit frère, modère ton chagrin.

Dating proposed by Leveau. Cugusi (CLE) proposes a dating to the 2nd century AD.

CLEAfr 00160 CLE 02874 P. Leveau, Nouvelles inscriptions de Cherchel, 3, Bull. Arch. Alg. 7 (1977-1979), 150, no. 246 (with photo, fig. 28) - AE 1985 AE 1985, 00958 C. Hamdoune, Vie, mort et poésie dans l'Afrique romaine d'après un choix de Carmina Latina Epigraphica, Bruxelles 2011, 257-258, no. 159 (with French translation) - AE 2011 AE 2011, 01779 P. Cugusi, M. T. Sblendorio Cugusi, I Carmina Latina Epigraphica non-bücheleriani delle province africane. Introduzione al tema, materiali preparatori, edizione di testi, aspetti e problemi, Bologna 2012, 81. C. Hamdoune, Les distiques élégiaques de Césarée et la Familia des rois de Maurétanie, Ant. Afr. 49 (2013), 9-10, no. 2 (with French translation and photo, 10, fig. 6) https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/monument/08300655 | EDCS-08300655 https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD002882 | HD002882 https://ccj-epicherchel.huma-num.fr/interface/fiche.php?id=127 | EpiCherchell I 152 https://www.mqdq.it/ce/testo/ordinata/pf2329272 | MQDQ