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Identification

Reference as: MPL02062
Title Tessera with erotic inscription
Trismegistos-No.

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Augusta Treverorum
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Longitude 0.0
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details In private collection
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type instrumentum (tessera)
Material other materials
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 1.9 cm

height: 1.9 cm

depth: 0.2 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique incised
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partyes
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function personal messages / erotic
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

Front
BLASTE
ESTTIBISV
RADECESF
EMVSEST
5FORMO

palma Back
SSIVS
AVROETQ
VIDQVID
SVPRAEST
5VICITETIN
FERIVS
Front
Blaste
est tibi su-
ra dece(n)s f-
emus est
5formo

((palma)) Back
s{s}ius
auro et q-
uidquid
supra est
5vi(n)cit et in-
ferius
Front

Blaste est tibi sura dece(n)s femus est formo
((palma)) Back

s{s}ius auro et quidquid supra est vi(n)cit et inferius
Apparatus

Text follows González Berdús.

Main Translation

Translation Blaste, tienes una hermosa pierna, tu muslo es más precioso que el oro y lo que está arriba vence incluso a lo de abajo.
Citation V. González Berdús, Carmina Latina Epigraphica de la Galia Bélgica, 295, no. 40.

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameBlaste
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 301 AD
Date (To) 400 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-03-10 15:18
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-03-10 15:30
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-03-10 15:36
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-03-10 15:38
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-03-10 15:38
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-03-11 13:12
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-11 14:27
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-11 14:28
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