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Identification

Reference as: MPL01679
Title Funerary inscription of Restituta
Trismegistos-No. 496665

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Hispellum
Find Context Spello (Perugia), first seen in the church of S. Maria Maggiore.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Lost
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type unknown
Material local stone
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 Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


DM
RESTITVTAE

HOCCASTAEINTVMVLOIACETAETASPRIMAPVELLAE
ORBATIDOLORINFELIXVTRIVSQVEPARENTIS
5CONIVGISAETERNVMLACRIMOSOCRIMENAMORE
ETCITODESERTAESVBOLISMISERABILISFATVM
DAQVICVMQVELEGISFLETVSETPARCESEPVLCRO

D(is) M(anibus)
Restitutae.

Hoc castae in tumulo iacet, aetas prima puellae,
orbati dolor infelix utriusque parentis,
5coniugis aeternum lacrimoso crimen amore
et cito desertae subolis miserabilis fatum.
Da, quicumque legis, fletus et parce sepulcro.
D(is) M(anibus) Restitutae.

Hoc castae in tumulo iacet, aetas prima puellae,
orbati dolor infelix utriusque parentis,
coniugis aeternum lacrimoso crimen amore
et cito desertae subolis miserabilis fatum.
Da, quicumque legis, fletus et parce sepulcro.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL 11 and CLE.

Main Translation

Translation To the Manes of Restituta.

In this grave lie the early years of a virtuous girl, the pain of both her deprived parents is terrible, the reproach by her husband for a love full of tears is eternal, and the fate of her children, abandoned so soon, is pitiable. Whoever reads this, shed your tears and honour this grave.
Citation Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameRestituta
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Non-canonical, precision: low]
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by A. Cannucciari on EDR152779.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae

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Editing History

Created 2025-04-08, by Eric Andreas Kunz
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-29T09:52:51, ID there: EDR152779
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-08-29 09:52
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-11-26 17:50
  3. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-11-26 17:50
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 14:04
  5. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-04-08 13:59
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-04-08 15:19
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