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Identification

Reference as: MPL01428
Title Funerary inscription for Scope
Trismegistos-No. 283827

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Sulmo
Find Context near the Porta Johannis Bonorum Hominum (=de li boni homini)
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Sulmona (L'Aquila), Palazzo Tabassi in via Ercole Ciofano
Inventory number
Current Location Details in the wall
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material local stone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 41.4 cm

height: 90.6 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.9
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    • Yes, by different layout
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Centered
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Justified
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

SCOPENI
ANNXI
VETTIANATALIS
VETTIAPRIMA
5P

FATOCRVDELISIQVAES.
EREPTAPVELLACERTE
EGOQVAEDOMINAE
CARAPVELLAFVI
10QVAEMEOMNESARTES
DOCVITDOCTISSIMACVM
ESSEMRAPTASCOPENVNC
LEGORHOCTITVLO
Scopeni,
ann(is) XI,
Vettia Natalis,
Vettia Prima
5p(osuerunt).

Fato crudeli si qua esṭ
erepta puella certe
ego, quae dominae
cara puella fui,
10quae me omnes artes
docuit doctissima, cum
essem rapta Scope, nunc
legor hoc titulo.
Scopeni, ann(is) XI, Vettia Natalis, Vettia Prima p(osuerunt).

Fato crudeli si qua esṭ erepta puella
certe ego, quae dominae cara puella fui,
quae me omnes artes docuit doctissima, cum essem
rapta Scope, nunc legor hoc titulo.
Apparatus

Text follows EDR115225.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameScope
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameVettia Natalis
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator
  • NameVettia Prima
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)

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Images

  • Funerary inscription for Scope

    Funerary inscription for Scope

    Photo: EDR

Editing History

Created 2026-07-28, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-22T14:44:53, ID there: EDR115225
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-08-22 14:44
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-10-08 10:37
  3. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-10-08 10:37
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 12:18
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-28 13:48
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-28 13:49
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-28 13:52
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-28 14:55
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-28 14:56
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-28 14:57
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