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Identification

Reference as: MPL01524
Title Funerary inscription for Sallustia Aphrodite
Trismegistos-No. 517968

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Mutina
Find Context Found in Modena 'in digging the grave' at the bastion of St. Peter (1616).
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location unknown
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Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type
Material local stone
State of Preservation
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

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

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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 pentameter
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

SAL[]VSTIAE
APHRODITE
CONGIDIVSLE
CONIVGIBENE
5MCVMQVA
VIXIANNISXXVI
MENSIBVIIIDIEB
VISINEQVAERELLA

QVODVIVAMERVIMORIENSQVODET
10IPSAROGAVICONIVGISHOCMAESTIRED[]
DITECCEFIDES
SI[]LICETINFERNAENOC
TISTRISTISS[]VSHORROR
METAMENIL
LIVSCREDOIACERETORISTEPI[]POS
SESSORSIVECOLONEPRECORNEPA
15TIAREMEISTVMVLIS[]NCRESCERE
SILVASSICTIBIDONACERESLARGA
DETE[]BROMIVSTAVTA
Sal[l]ustiae
Aphrodite
Congidius LE
coniugi bene
5m(erenti) cum qua
vixi annis XXVI
mensib(us) VIII dieb(us)
VI sine quaerella.

Quod viva merui, moriens quod et
10ipsa rogavi,coniugis hoc maesti red[di-]
dit ecce fides.
Si[t] licet infernae noc-
tis tristiss[im]us horror,
me tamen il-
lius credo iacere toris. Te, pi[e] pos-
sessor sive colone, precor ne pa-
15tiare meis tumulis [i]ncrescere
silvas. Sic tibi dona Ceres larga
det e[t] Bromius tauta.
Sal[l]ustiae Aphrodite Congidius LE coniugi bene m(erenti) cum qua vixi annis XXVI mensib(us) VIII dieb(us) VI sine quaerella. -

Quod viva merui, moriens quod et ipsa rogavi,
coniugis hoc maesti red[di-]dit ecce fides.

Si[t] licet infernae noctis tristiss[im]us horror,

me tamen illius credo iacere toris.
Te, pi[e] possessor sive colone, precor
ne patiare meis tumulis [i]ncrescere silvas.
Sic tibi dona Ceres larga det e[t] Bromius tauta.
Apparatus

Text follows EDR130219 (A. Raggi)

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameSallustia Aphrodite
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameCongidius
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

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Editing History

Created 2026-08-25, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-22T14:59:56, ID there: EDR130219
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-08-22 14:59
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-11-06 14:25
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 14:29
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-08-21 14:10
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-08-21 14:11
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-08-21 14:12
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-08-21 14:14
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-08-21 14:16
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-08-24 14:21
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-08-25 10:49
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