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Identification

Reference as: MPL02164
Title Funerary inscription from Narbo Martius
Trismegistos-No. 442210

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Narbo Martius
Find Context Narbonne, boulevard Saint-François, walled in the Bastion of Saint-François. Then in the archaeological museum since 1864.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Narbonne, Musée Narbo Via
Inventory number 837-1-2
Current Location Details Lapidarium.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 61.0 cm

height: 103.0 cm

depth: 13.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.8
Letter Size in cm (max) 7.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Inscription within moulded frame, surmounted by a rose and acanthus leaves.
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / frame
  • Plant / Acanthus leaves
  • Plant / Rose

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)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


NECIVSSA
TESTAMENTO
NEQVEVOCE
ROGATASEDPIA
5PROMERITIS
SPONTESVAPOSVIT

Nec iussa
testamento
neque voce
rogata, sed pia
5pro meritis
sponte sua posuit.

Nec iussa testamento neque voce rogata,
sed pia pro meritis sponte sua posuit.
Apparatus

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

Main Translation

Translation Unsolicited by a will and without being asked with words, but dutifully honouring merits, she put this up of her own accord.
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 10:30
  2. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-06-02 12:06
  3. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-06-02 12:09
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-06-09 13:30
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