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Identification

Reference as: MPL01601
Title Fragmentary inscription with reference to "medicina"
Trismegistos-No. 554290

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Pinna Vestina
Find Context Private collection in Penne, Pescara.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Penne (Pescara), private collection
Inventory number
Current Location Details Last seen in 2008 in Penne, Pescara, in a private collection.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material local stone
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: 14.5 cm

height: 17.5 cm

depth: 7.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography This fragmentary limestone slab bears an inscription on both the front and the reverse. It was cut down for secondary use and smoothed on all sides.
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceVerse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To mark the continuation of a verse in the following line (indentation)

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Greek-Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

ΤΑΔΕ[---]
      

ARTEFIDEPOL[---]
PRAE·[---]
INFERNA[---]
5ACHER[---]
MVLIERCVM[---]
------

[---]SMEDICINA
[---]SIME
10[---]STAETRA
[---]NTISLOCA
[---]DECEPTIMALA
[---]AMISCENS
[---]OLEISSI[]
ΤΑΔΕ [---]
( vac. )

Arte fide pol[lens ---]
prae+[---]
inferna Ẹ[---]
5 Acher[ont---]
ṭẹ mulier, cum [---]
------

[---]ṇs medicina
[---]c̣ẹsime
10[---]ṇs taetra
[--- Achero?]ntis loca
[---] decepti mala
[---]a miscens
[---] oleis siḅ[i]
ΤΑΔΕ [---] ( vac. )

Arte fide pol[lens ---]
prae+[---]
inferna Ẹ[---]
Acher[ont---]
ṭẹ mulier, cum [---] ------

[---]ṇs medicina
[---]c̣ẹsime
[---]ṇs taetra
[--- Achero?]ntis loca
[---] decepti mala
[---]a miscens
[---] oleis siḅ[i]
Apparatus

Text follows EDR142061
l. 1 (front): The reading of the first word is uncertain. Cugusi interprets this as "TADE" followed by a reconstructed "KEITAI", "here lies", as a shortening of the formula "ἐνθάδε κεῖται" (Cugusi 2006).

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Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

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

Bibliography

Images

  • Fragmentary inscription from Pinna Vestina with reference to "medicina" (front).

    Fragmentary inscription from Pinna Vestina with reference to "medicina" (front).

    Photo: EDCS-43400346

  • Fragmentary inscription from Pinna Vestina with reference to "medicina".(back)

    Fragmentary inscription from Pinna Vestina with reference to "medicina".(back)

    Photo from EDCS

Editing History

Created 2026-09-01, by Anna Martelli
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-22T15:14:36, ID there: EDR142061
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-08-22 15:14
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-11-08 12:19
  3. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-11-08 12:19
  4. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-11-08 12:19
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 16:04
  6. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-07 10:03
  7. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-07 11:49
  8. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-07 12:10
  9. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-17 09:10
  10. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-17 10:00
  11. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-17 10:07
  12. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-17 10:09
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-23 13:26
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-23 13:50
  15. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-24 13:28
  16. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-24 13:35
  17. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-24 13:38
  18. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-24 13:54
  19. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-07-24 13:57
  20. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-24 14:16
  21. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-09-01 09:19
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