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Identification

Reference as: MPL01518
Title Funerary inscription for Socrates, son of Astomachus
Trismegistos-No. 258794

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Acilia
Find Context Località Monti di S. Paolo
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Roma, San Paolo fuori le Mura
Inventory number SP 1867
Current Location Details Monastero
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material local stone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 62.0 cm

height: 71.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.9
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.3
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


HICEGOQVISINEVOCELOQVORDEMARMORECAESO
NATVSINEGREGIISTRALLIBVSEXASIA
OMNIABAI`A´RVMLVSTRAVIMOENIASAEPE
PROPTERAQVASCALIDASDELICIASQVEMARIS
5CVIVSHONORIFICAEVITAENONIMMEMORHERES
QVINQVAGINTAMEISMILLIBVSVTVOLVI
HANCAEDEMPOSVITSTRVXIDQVENOVISSIMATEMPLA
MANIBVSETCINERIPOSTERIISQVEMEIS
SETTEQVILEGISHAECTANTVMPRAECORVTMIHIDICAS:
10SITTIBITERRALEVISSOCRATESASTOMACHI(scil. FILIVS)

Hic ego, qui sine voce loquor de marmore caeso,
natus in egregiis Trallibus ex Asia,
omnia Bai`a´rum lustravi moenia saepe
propter aquas calidas deliciasque maris.
5Cuius honorificae vitae non immemor heres
quinquaginta meis millibus, ut volui,
hanc aedem posuit struxidque novissima templa
manibus et cineri posteriisque meis.
Set te, qui legis haec, tantum praecor ut mihi dicas:
10sit tibi terra levis, Socrates Astomachi (scil. filius).

Hic ego, qui sine voce loquor de marmore caeso,
natus in egregiis Trallibus ex Asia,
omnia Bai`a´rum lustravi moenia saepe
propter aquas calidas deliciasque maris.
Cuius honorificae vitae non immemor heres
quinquaginta meis millibus, ut volui,
hanc aedem posuit struxidque novissima templa
manibus et cineri posteriisque meis.
Set te, qui legis haec, tantum praecor ut mihi dicas:
sit tibi terra levis, Socrates Astomachi (scil. filius).
Apparatus

l.7 reg., orig. struxidque
l.8 reg., orig. posteriisque
l.9 reg., orig. Set

Text follows CIL and CLE, picture checked by Cenati a. 2013.

Main Translation

Translation Here am I, who silently speak from this carved marble, I was born in the famous Tralles in Asia; I have often visited the city of Baiae for its thermal waters and the pleasures of the sea. Mindful of my honourable life, an heir raised this dwelling and erected a brand new temple for the Spirits of the Departed, my ashes and my posterity for a sum of fifty thousand (sesterces) of my own, as I myself wanted. But you, who read this, I only pray to say for me: may earth be light on you, Socrates son of Astomachus.
Citation Chiara Cenati

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameSocrates
    GenderMale
    OriginForeign
  • NameAstomachus
    GenderMale
    OriginForeign

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

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

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-19, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-22T14:58:58, ID there: EDR128833
Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-08-22 14:58
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-11-06 14:09
  3. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-11-06 14:11
  4. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-11-06 14:11
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 14:25
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-12 15:37
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-12 15:54
  8. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-03-14 14:30
  9. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-03-17 08:39
  10. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-03-17 08:39
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-19 16:11
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-19 16:12
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