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Identification

Reference as: MPL01488
Title Funerary inscription for Lucius Comagius Firmus
Trismegistos-No. 500697

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Mediolanum
Find Context Found on the via San Pietro all'Orto in Milano.
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Longitude 0.0
Current Location unknown
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Current Location Details
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Object Details

Object Type stele
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
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Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

DM
LCOMAGIFIRMI
MILITLEGIIPARTH
QVIVIXITANNXXVIIMIIDV

5PARCAETEMISERISRAPVEREPARENTVRNA
SPECTANTESANIMOTVAEGLORIAECVRSVM
FLETVSINPERPETVOMISERAERELIQDOLORE
NECPOTVITCORPVSASODALIBTRADISEPVLCHRO
MEDECEPISTINIVMHORFANAMTVRELIQVIST

10NIGIDIAFIRMINA
MATERINFELICISSFILIOPIENTISSIMO
D(is) M(anibus)
L(uci) Comagi Firmi
milit(is) leg(ionis) II Parth(icae)
qui vixit ann(is) XXVII m(ensibus) II d(iebus) V.

5Parcae te miseris rapuere parent(ibus) urna
spectantes animo tuae gloriae cursum
fletus in perpetuo miserae reliq(uisti) dolore
nec potuit corpus a sodalib(us) tradi sepulchro
me decepisti nium {h}orfanam tu reliquist(i).

10Nigidia Firmina
mater infeliciss(ima) filio pientissimo.
D(is) M(anibus) L(uci) Comagi Firmi milit(is) leg(ionis) II Parth(icae) qui vixit ann(is) XXVII m(ensibus) II d(iebus) V.

Parcae te miseris rapuere parent(ibus) urna
spectantes animo tuae gloriae cursum
fletus in perpetuo miserae reliq(uisti) dolore
nec potuit corpus a sodalib(us) tradi sepulchro
me decepisti nium {h}orfanam tu reliquist(i).
Nigidia Firmina mater infeliciss(ima) filio pientissimo.
Apparatus

l.9 nium orig., reg. nimium

Text follows CLE.

Main Translation

Translation To the Spirits of the Departed.
For Lucius Comagius Firmus, soldier of the Legio II Parthica, who lived for 27 years, 2 months, and 5 days.
The Fates seized you in an urn from your wretched parents,
who were watching the passage of your glory in their mind.
You left your wretched mother behind, weeping in perpetual grief, nor could your body be entrusted to a tomb by your comrades. You deceived me; you left me completely orphaned.
Nigidia Firmina, unluckiest mother, made this for her most pious son.
Citation Faithfull 2024

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameLucius Comagius Firmus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [precision: high]
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameNigidia Firmina
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicatee

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Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 197 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)

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Editing History

Created 2026-10-15, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-22T14:54:51, ID there: EDR124141
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-08-22 14:54
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-11-06 12:55
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 13:45
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-11-05 09:48
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-11-05 09:52
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-11-05 09:54
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-11-18 13:51
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-11-18 13:55
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-11-18 15:04
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-11-18 17:06
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 11:22
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-02-03 12:19
  13. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 13:57
  14. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 13:58
  15. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 13:59
  16. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-02-04 09:53
  17. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-04-23 12:59
  18. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-09-01 08:30
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