Inscriptions: Epitaph for a doctor aged from Rheneia

Identification

Reference as:	MPL01104
Title	Epitaph for a doctor aged from Rheneia
Trismegistos-No.	936244

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Rheneia
Find Context
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Mykonos, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number
Current Location Details
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Object Details

Object Type	stele
Material
State of Preservation	incomplete
Dimensions	width: unknown height: unknown depth: unknown
Letter Size in cm (min)	0.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	0.0
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion

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Decoration and Iconography
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Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part no
Abbreviations in verse part no
Verse Line Correspondence Yes

Prose Verse Presence	Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	Yes

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Greek
Verse Type(s)	Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

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[][]ΙΟΣ[]Η[]
ΜΟΙΡΑΓΑΡΟΥΧΥΜΕΝΑΙΟΝΕΜΟΙΠΟ.ΕΝΑΝΤΙΔΕΠΕΥΚΗΣ
ΝΥΜΦΙΔΙΟΥΣΤΥΓΙΟΝΠΥΡΚΑΙΗΝΦΘΙΜΕΝΩΝ
5ΟΠΡΙΝΔΕΚΤΕΧΝΗΣΝ...ΩΞΕΝΕΠΟΛΛΑΚΙΠΟΛΛΟΥΣ
ΡΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΣΝΟΥΣΩΙΣΤΥΓΝΟΝΕΒΗΝΑΙΔΗΝ

[------]
[⁦ - - - ⁩] θ̣ν̣ε̣ί̣σ̣κ̣ω̣ π̣ε̣[ντεκ]α̣ι̣ε̣ικ̣οσ[έτ]η[ς]·
Μοῖρα γὰρ οὐχ ὑμέναιον ἐμοὶ πόρ̣εν, ἀντὶ δὲ πεύκης
νυμφιδίου στύγιον πυρκαϊὴν φθιμένων
5ὁ πρὶν δ’ ἐκ τέχνης νο̣ύ̣σ̣ω<ν>, ξένε, πολλάκι πολλούς
ῥυσάμενος νούσωι στυγνὸν ἔβην Ἀίδην.

[------]
[⁦ - - - ⁩] θ̣ν̣ε̣ί̣σ̣κ̣ω̣ π̣ε̣[ντεκ]α̣ι̣ε̣ικ̣οσ[έτ]η[ς]·
Μοῖρα γὰρ οὐχ ὑμέναιον ἐμοὶ πόρ̣εν, ἀντὶ δὲ πεύκης
νυμφιδίου στύγιον πυρκαϊὴν φθιμένων
ὁ πρὶν δ’ ἐκ τέχνης νο̣ύ̣σ̣ω<ν>, ξένε, πολλάκι πολλούς
ῥυσάμενος νούσωι στυγνὸν ἔβην Ἀίδην.

Apparatus

Text follows GVI 01005

Main Translation

Translation
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Other Translations

[...] Je meurs à 25 ans: le destin ne m'a pas donné l'hymen, mais, à la place de la torche de pin nuptiale, le bûcher affreux réservé aux défunts; et moi qui avais guéri les maladies de beaucoup d'hommes, grâce à mon art, à maintes reprises, c'est une maladie qui m'a conduit dans la demeure odieuse d'Hadès. (French , Couilloud 1974)

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Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	1 AD
Date (To)	100 AD
Date (Criteria)

Bibliography

GVI 01005
M. Couilloud, Les Monuments funéraires de Rhénée, Paris 1974, 206, no.472 (with French translation). 🔗 link
É. Samama, Les médecins dans le monde grec. Sources épigraphiques sur la naissance d’un corps médical, Genève 2003, 211, no. 114. 🔗 link
PH215443 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2026-08-11, by Anna Martelli
Work Status	Complete
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