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Identification

Reference as: MPL00011
Title Funerary altar for Πομπειανή (Pompeiana/Pompeiane)
Trismegistos-No.

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Villa dei Sette Bassi, secondary use (2011)
Latitude 41.8427
Longitude 12.5784
Current Location Roma, Antiquarium di Lucrezia Romana
Inventory number 585704
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type altar
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 39.0 cm

height: 62.0 cm

depth: 32.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.6
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography urceus and patera on the sides
Decoration Tags
  • Object / Patera
  • Object / Urceus

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • No distinction
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    • Justified
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate verses - Hedera
    • To separate verses - Interpunctions

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Greek
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


ΒΙΗΣΙΗΠΟΜΠΕΙΑΝΗΦΙ
ΛΟΝΟΥΝΟΜΑΤΟΙΣΜΕ
ΜΑ[]ΟΥΣΙΝ hedera
ΑΣΣΥΡΙΗΣΦΟΡΕΟΥΣΑΚΛΥ
5ΤΗ[]ΓΕΝΟΣΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΙΗΣ
ΤΕΧ[]ΙΣ᾽[]ΡΩΜΗΒΑΣΙ
ΛΕΙΔΙΜ[]ΕΡΙΠΑΝΤΩΝ
ΖΗΣΑΣ᾽ΗΜΑΤΑΤΕΣΣΑΡΑ
Κ[]ΕΠΙΠΕΝΤ᾽ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΙΣ
10ΕΝ[]ΠΑΥΣΑΔΕΜΑΣ
ΤΟΔ[]ΜΟΙΡΑΣΙΝΕΔΟΞΕΝ
ΧΑΙΡΟΙΣ[]ΤΙΣΑΝΕΓΝΩ
ΚΑΣ[]ΟΤ᾽ΕΜΕΙΟ hedera

Βιήσι· Ἦ Πομπειανὴ, φί-
λον οὔνομα τοῖς μὲ
μα[θ]οῦσιν· ((hedera))
Ἀσσυρίης φορέουσα κλυ-
5τῆ[ς] γένος Ἀντιοχείης·
τεχ[θε]ῖσ᾽ [ἐν] Ῥώμῃ βασι-
λεΐδι μη̣[τ]έρι πάντων,
ζήσασ᾽ ἤματα τεσσαρά-
κ[οντ᾽] ἐπὶ πέντ᾽ ἐνιαυτοῖς,
10ἐνθ̣[άδ᾽ ἔ]παυσα δέμας·
τόδε̣ [γὰρ] Μοίρασιν ἔδοξεν·
χαίροις ὅ̣[σ]τις ἀνέγνω-
κας [μνήσαι]ο τ᾽ ἐμεῖο ((hedera))
Βιήσι·
Ἦ Πομπειανὴ, φίλον οὔνομα τοῖς μὲ μα[θ]οῦσιν· ((hedera))
Ἀσσυρίης φορέουσα κλυτῆ[ς] γένος Ἀντιοχείης·
τεχ[θε]ῖσ᾽ [ἐν] Ῥώμῃ βασιλεΐδι μη̣[τ]έρι πάντων,
ζήσασ᾽ ἤματα τεσσαράκ[οντ᾽] ἐπὶ πέντ᾽ ἐνιαυτοῖς,
ἐνθ̣[άδ᾽ ἔ]παυσα δέμας· τόδε̣ [γὰρ] Μοίρασιν ἔδοξεν·
χαίροις ὅ̣[σ]τις ἀνέγνωκας [μνήσαι]ο τ᾽ ἐμεῖο ((hedera))
Apparatus

Text follows the edition of Tozzi. Picture checked by Gangoly 2024.

Main Translation

Translation (A poem by) Biesius (?).
I was Pompeiane, a name dear to those who have got to know me. I brought with me famous Assyria’s lineage of Antiochia: born in imperial Rome, the mother of all, I lived forty days beyond five years, then I put my body to rest here: thus the Fates decreed. May you greet me, whoever you are to have read this – and may you keep me in your memory.
Citation Peter Kruschwitz

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameΠομπειανή
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Non-canonical, precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameΒιήσιος
    GenderMale
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusUnknown

Further Information

Comment

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Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 151 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • language
  • names
  • palaeography

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-01 14:54
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
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  4. by Alexander Gangoly
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  15. by Alexander Gangoly
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  19. by Alexander Gangoly
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  20. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-02-29 16:51
  21. by Peter Kruschwitz
    at 2024-03-01 08:10
  22. by Peter Kruschwitz
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  23. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-03-01 11:34
  24. by Alexander Gangoly
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