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Identification

Reference as: MPL00018
Title Funerary inscription dedicated by a mother
Trismegistos-No. 214577

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Šmartno na Pohorju
Find Context
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum
Inventory number 95
Current Location Details Depot
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type urn
Material marble
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 115.0 cm

height: 44.0 cm

depth: 70.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 3.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, just uses all available space

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


[---]SVVM
MISERANDADOLOREMNVM
QVAFECIDOLVMN͡EQV͡EDVOS
PARIAMATESOCMIGII͡NDIGNE
5POSITVM[]NPECTOREVOLNVS
DV͡LCEMSVPERSTITVINATVM
MISERA͡NDAGEN͡ETRIXTERTIO[]N
NOMISERA͡FLOREN͡TE͡MCONDE͡RESAXSO

[---] suum
miseranda dolorem num-
qua(m) feci dolum n͡equ͡e duos
parṭịḅi amates oc migi i͡ndigne
5positum [i]n pectore volnus
du͡lcem superstitui natum
misera͡nda gen͡etrix tertio [a]n-
no misera ͡floren͡te͡m conde͡re sax{s}o.

[---] suum miseranda dolorem
num|qua(m) feci dolum n͡equ͡e duos parṭịḅi amates
oc migi i͡ndigne positum [i]n pectore volnus
du͡lcem superstitui natum misera͡nda gen͡etrix
tertio [a]n|no misera ͡floren͡te͡m conde͡re sax{s}o.
Apparatus

l.4 reg., orig. partibi | reg., orig. amates | reg., orig. oc | reg., orig. migi | reg., orig. indigne
l.5 reg., orig. volnus

Text follows Ragolič, picture checked by Cenati 2025.
l. 4: rapi(o) CLE, Weber; baet(o) tibi, Graßl; part tibi, Alföldy, Ragolič
l. 7: Tertino, Graßl

Main Translation

Translation ... his ... me unfortunate ... pain. I never committed treachery, neither I have ever parted two lovers. This wound has been inflicted to my chest without deserving it: I, unfortunate mother, survived my sweet son. I, miserable, had to bury him in his third year, when he was blossoming.
Citation Chiara Cenati

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Non-canonical]
  • GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 201 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • language

Bibliography

Images

  • Funerary inscription dedicated by a mother

    Funerary inscription dedicated by a mother

    © Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Foto: Ortolf Harl 2005

  • Funerary inscription dedicated by a mother

    Funerary inscription dedicated by a mother

    © Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Foto: Ortolf Harl 2005

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Chiara Cenati
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Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-06 14:45
  2. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-06 15:04
  3. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-06 15:20
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-06 15:25
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-06 15:36
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-06 15:40
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