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Identification

Reference as: MPL02162
Title Funerary inscription with a dialogue from Narbonne
Trismegistos-No. 442207

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Narbo Martius
Find Context First seen in the house of the cleric Fabre, 17th century. Then moved into the archiepiscopal palace in 1726, until it was turned into an archaeological museum.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Narbonne, Musée Narbo Via
Inventory number 833-232-1
Current Location Details Lapidarium.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material limestone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 45.0 cm

height: 50.5 cm

depth: 10.5 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 5.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Unknown

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate words - Interpunction

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Trochaic septenarius
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


HOSPITIVM
TIBIHOC
INVITVSVENIO
VENIVNDVM
5ESTTAMEN

Hospitium
tibi hoc.
Invitus venio.
Veniundum
5est tamen.

Hospitium tibi hoc. Invitus venio. Veniundum est tamen.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL 12 and CLE. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.

Main Translation

Translation - This is your abode.
- I come against my will.
- You must come nonetheless.
Citation Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by O. Hirschfeld (CIL 12).

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 30 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography

Bibliography

Images

  • (c) H. Belloc

Editing History

Created 2025-06-09, by Fabio Spalla
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-06-02 07:05
  2. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-06-02 07:54
  3. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-06-02 07:58
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-06-09 13:03
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