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Identification

Reference as: MPL02038
Title Funerary inscription of Simplicius
Trismegistos-No. 553475

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Cures Sabini
Find Context Fara Sabina (Rieti), Passo Corese hamlet, locality of Arci. Perhaps reused in the Abbey of Santa Maria di Farfa.
Latitude 42.1572
Longitude 12.653
Current Location Lost
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
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 chiselled
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen + subscriptum
    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


EHEVQVOSFLETVSRETINETCRVDELESEPVLCRVM!
DALECTORLACRVMASETDVROFLECTERECASV:
HICESTSIMPLICIVSNAMFVNEREMERSVSACERBO
INDOLESVBLIMISMORVMGRAVITATECOLENDVS
5PRAECLARVSSTVDIISPRIMISDECEPTVSINANNIS
QVICVMTERQ[]
VLTRAANNOSSAPIENSPRAECEPSFATAINVIDAOBIBAT
DECVIVSSPEPROMITTENSSIBIPLVRIMAMATER
IMMERITOSPOTIVSSVSCEPITCASTADOLORES
10NECVALVEREPRECESQVASFVDERATANXIACARAS

QVIVIXITANNXIIIIMVIDXDEFVNCTVSIIINONASSEP[]
EVSEBIOETYPATIOC[]

Eheu, quos fletus retinet crudele sepulcrum!
Da, lector, lacrumas et duro flectere casu:
hic est Simplicius nam funere mersus acerbo.
Indole sublimis, morum gravitate colendus,
5praeclarus studiis, primis deceptus in annis,
qui cum ter q[uinos nondum compleverat annos?].
Ultra annos sapiens, praeceps fata invida obibat.
De cuius spe promittens sibi plurima mater
immeritos potius suscepit casta dolores;
10nec valuere preces, quas fuderat anxia caras.

Qui vixit ann(is) XIIII, m(ensibus) VI, d(iebus) X. Defunctus III Nonas Sep[t](embres),
Eusebio et Ypatio c[o](n)[s(ulibus)].

Eheu, quos fletus retinet crudele sepulcrum!
Da, lector, lacrumas et duro flectere casu:
hic est Simplicius nam funere mersus acerbo.
Indole sublimis, morum gravitate colendus,
praeclarus studiis, primis deceptus in annis,
qui cum ter q[uinos nondum compleverat annos?].
Ultra annos sapiens, praeceps fata invida obibat.
De cuius spe promittens sibi plurima mater
immeritos potius suscepit casta dolores;
nec valuere preces, quas fuderat anxia caras.
Qui vixit ann(is) XIIII, m(ensibus) VI, d(iebus) X. Defunctus III Nonas Sep[t](embres), Eusebio et Ypatio c[o](n)[s(ulibus)].
Apparatus

l.2 reg., orig. lacrumas
l.12 reg., orig. Ypatio

Text follows CIL 09, CLE and ILCV.
l. 6: supplied by de Rossi in ICUR 02.

Main Translation

Translation Oh, what tears does this cruel tomb retain! Shed yours, reader, and be moved by such harsh fate: here lies Simplicius, buried for his untimely death. He had an exceptional spirit, was praiseworthy for his dignified conduct, distinguished for his zeal, but got snatched away in his early years, yet to reach three times five years. Wise beyond his age, he ran into an adverse destiny. His pious mother, nourishing high hopes for him, had instead to endure undeserved pains; and her affectionate prayers, uttered with concern, were of no avail.

He lived fourteen years, six months and ten days. He died three days before the Nones of September, during the consulate of Eusebius and Hypatius.
Citation Fabio Spalla

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameSimplicius
    GenderMale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 359 AD
Date (To) 359 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history

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Editing History

Created 2025-05-28, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-29T14:04:44, ID there: EDR187415
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-08-29 14:04
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-09-18 09:05
  3. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-04-14 10:27
  4. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-04-14 10:53
  5. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-04-14 12:11
  6. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-04-14 12:13
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-04-16 09:40
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-04-16 09:43
  9. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-05-20 14:12
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-28 15:24
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