Inscriptions: Fragmentary Christian funerary inscription for a child
Identification
| Reference as: | MPL01111 |
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| Title | Fragmentary Christian funerary inscription for a child |
| Trismegistos-No. | 461208 |
Object
Provenance and Location
| Find Place | Augusta Treverorum |
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| Find Context | Found at S. Paulin church |
| Latitude | 0.0 |
| Longitude | 0.0 |
| Current Location | Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier |
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Object Details
| Object Type | slab |
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| Material | marble |
| State of Preservation | fragmentary |
| Dimensions |
width: 33.0 cm height: 32.0 cm depth: 3.0 cm |
| Letter Size in cm (min) | 0.0 |
| Letter Size in cm (max) | 0.0 |
| Execution Technique | chiselled |
| Religion | Christian |
Decoration
| Decoration and Iconography | |
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Verse Layouts
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Prose Verse Presence Praescriptum + carmen + subscriptum Prose Verse Distinction - No distinction
Scriptio Continua in verse part yes Abbreviations in verse part no Verse Line Correspondence No
Text
| Function | funerary inscription |
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Inscription & Translations
[---inn]oc̣ens ad Domino [transiit]
[--- pu]ella requiescet ị[n pace]
[fidelis?]
[vixit an(nos)] III e͡t me(nses) III ẹ͡ṭ [d(ies)---]
10[---Augu]ṣṭ[(as)---]
[--- pu]ella requiescet ị[n pace]
[fidelis?]
q̣u(a)e vita excedens m[eliore]
[praedita vi]ta perennem merui[t Domino]
5[praestan]te corona haec [lecuit sanc-]
[tis requ]ies socịạtur (h)ono[re ---]
[lenitu]ṛ causa dolores e[---]
[---]ua rapuit io[cunda ---]
[praedita vi]ta perennem merui[t Domino]
5[praestan]te corona haec [lecuit sanc-]
[tis requ]ies socịạtur (h)ono[re ---]
[lenitu]ṛ causa dolores e[---]
[---]ua rapuit io[cunda ---]
[vixit an(nos)] III e͡t me(nses) III ẹ͡ṭ [d(ies)---]
10[---Augu]ṣṭ[(as)---]
[---inn]oc̣ens ad Domino [transiit --- pu]ella requiescet ị[n pace fidelis?]
q̣u(a)e vita excedens m[eliore praedita vi]ta
perennem merui[t Domino praestan]te corona
haec [lecuit sanctis requ]ies socịạtur (h)ono[re ---]
[lenitu]ṛ causa dolores e[---]
[---]ua rapuit io[cunda --- vixit an(nos)] III e͡t me(nses) III ẹ͡ṭ [d(ies)--- Augu]ṣṭ[(as)---]
q̣u(a)e vita excedens m[eliore praedita vi]ta
perennem merui[t Domino praestan]te corona
haec [lecuit sanctis requ]ies socịạtur (h)ono[re ---]
[lenitu]ṛ causa dolores e[---]
[---]ua rapuit io[cunda ---
Apparatus
l.2 reg., orig. requiescet
l.7 reg., orig. dolores
Text follows González Berdus.
The same hexameters can be found in MPL01109 and MPL01099.
Main Translation
| Translation | [... La inocente] niña [... ha marchado] hacia el Señor. Descansa [en paz] la [fiel] que, abandonando la vida, [obsequiada con una vida mejor], mereció la (vida) eterna, [distinguiéndola el Señor] con una corona. [Se ha permitido que el lugar de su descanso (eterno)] se asocie con honor [a los santos]. [... se alivia] la causa del dolor [...] ha arrebatado la feliz/a la feliz [...]. [Vivió] 4/8/13 años, 3 meses y [... días]. [...murió...] de agosto [...] |
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| Citation | V. González Berdús, Carmina Latina Epigraphica de la Galia Bélgica, 200-201, no. 26. |
Other Translations
Prosopographical Information
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Gender Female Age Range Infant (0–12) [expression: Canonical] Role Dedicatee
Further Information
Comment
Squeeze
| Have Squeeze? | no |
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Dating
| Date (From) | 601 AD |
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| Date (To) | 700 AD |
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Bibliography
- CIL 13, 03914
- ILCV 03490
- RICG 01, 00193 (with pictures)
- E. Gose, Katalog der frühchristlichen Inschriften in Trier, Berlin 1958, 76, Nr. 481. 🔗 link
- V. González Berdús, Carmina Latina Epigraphica de la Galia Bélgica. Edición y estudio, 198-210, no. 26 (with picture and Spanish translation). 🔗 link
- HD077670 🔗 link
Images
Editing History
| Created | 2025-03-31, by Anna Pokorny |
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| Work Status | Complete |
| Import Notice | Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:30:22, ID there: HD077670 |
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