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Identification

Reference as: MPL00014
Title Bronze brooch in shape of a D
Trismegistos-No. 402342

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Asturis / Asturis ?
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Current Location Wien, private collection
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Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type instrumentum (brooch)
Material bronze
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 1.0 cm

height: 2.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique punched
Religion

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Text

Function personal messages / erotic
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

[]PSTIPESIAMAS
[O]pstipe si amas
[O]pstipe si amas
Apparatus

l.1 reg., orig. Opstipe

Text follows Thury 2009. Picture checked by Cenati 2025.

Main Translation

Translation Be struck if you love
Citation Chiara Cenati

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Comment

The inscription can be classified as 'pignus amoris'. Ovidian reminiscence, cf. Ov. met. 14.350-351: Quae simul ac iuvenem, virgultis abdita, vidit, | obstipuit.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Chiara Cenati
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Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-06 11:01
  2. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-06 11:24
  3. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-06 11:25
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