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Identification

Reference as: MPL01971
Title Funerary inscription for Ulpia Ephire
Trismegistos-No. 551968

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Corfinium
Find Context Corfinio (L'Aquila), church of S. Pelino
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Corfinio (L'Aquila), Museo Civico Archeologico 'Antonio De Nino'
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material local stone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 19.5 cm

height: 12.0 cm

depth: 4.5 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.8
Letter Size in cm (max) 3.4
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DISMANIB[]
VLPIÂ͡EEPHIRE[---]
ACHILLA[---]
BENEMERE[]

5REDDERETEFATISEPHIRESIPOS[]
PARTITATECVMVIVERELV[]
CONDITATVPLENOSECVRA[]
FRIGOREQVAGELIDOTVSCVLVS[]
QVAQVEVIASILICEMTERITORBITA[]
10ETDATPOSTDECIMVMTERTI[]
[]ICFINEMDOLORALTVSHABET[]
QVAEDABITAD[]ECTONOMI[]
[]VCANIMAMTRANSMITTETVAMP[]
ADSIDVEVOTISADPIASA[]
15[]EDIVISALOCISMENSCO[]
DEFLENDVSLACHRIM[]
Dis Manib[us]
Ulpiâ͡e Ephire [---]
Achilla[---]
bene mere[nti].

5Reddere te fatis, Ephire, si pos[se liceret],
partita tecum vivere lu[ce velim];
condita tu pleno secura [agis otia somno],
frigore qua gelido Tusculus [alget ager]
quaque via silicem terit orbita [versa rotarum]
10et dat post decimum terti[a signa lapis];
[h]ic finem dolor altus habet [quo iusta ferantur]
quae dabit ad[i]ecto nomi[ne gratus amor];
[h]uc animam transmitte tuam p[lacataque nostris]
adsidue votis ad pia sa[cra veni];
15[t]e divisa locis mens co[gitat et lapis hic est]
deflendus lachrim[is quas petit ipse cinis].
Dis Manib[us] Ulpiâ͡e Ephire [---] Achilla[---] bene mere[nti].

Reddere te fatis, Ephire, si pos[se liceret],
partita tecum vivere lu[ce velim];
condita tu pleno secura [agis otia somno],
frigore qua gelido Tusculus [alget ager]
quaque via silicem terit orbita [versa rotarum]
et dat post decimum terti[a signa lapis];
[h]ic finem dolor altus habet [quo iusta ferantur]
quae dabit ad[i]ecto nomi[ne gratus amor];
[h]uc animam transmitte tuam p[lacataque nostris]
adsidue votis ad pia sa[cra veni];
[t]e divisa locis mens co[gitat et lapis hic est]
deflendus lachrim[is quas petit ipse cinis].
Apparatus

l.2 Ephire orig., reg. Ephyre
l.5 Ephire orig., reg. Ephyre
l.16 lachrim[is] orig., reg. lacrimis

Text follows EDR177398.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameUlpia Ephire
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameAchilla
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 150 AD
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Editing History

Created 2026-07-28, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-29T13:55:37, ID there: EDR177398
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-08-29 13:55
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-11-11 13:05
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-11-11 13:05
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-28 10:45
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-28 10:47
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-07-28 12:03
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-28 12:58
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-28 12:59
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