MAPPOLA Inscriptions Search Map Data
Sign In

Inscriptions: Testamentary inscription of a jurisconsult

Edit This Inscription

Identification

Reference as: MPL02195
Title Testamentary inscription of a jurisconsult
Trismegistos-No. 441000

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Nemausus
Find Context First mentioned in 16th century manuscript.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Lost
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type base
Material unknown
State of Preservation incomplete
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 Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

[------?]

[---]ATRONIFAMAMBARBAR[---]
CVIVSROMALIBRISADSERIT[---]
AMISSOSORNATTITVLISENASPICEIVNCTOS
QVOSHABETINCOLVMESFOVITAMOREPARI
5SVPREMASERRORNEPOSSETRVMPERECERAS
ARTESVACAVITCLAVSITOPERTAFIDE
EXCIPIETMANESSVAQVISINELITERELIQVIT
LAVDABITSTVDIVMCVISVACVRACAVET
[------?]

[--- p]atroni famam barbar[---]
cuius Roma libris adserit [---]
amissos ornat titulis, en, aspice iunctos.
Quos habet incolumes fovit amore pari.
5Supremas error ne posset rumpere ceras
arte sua cavit, clausit operta fide.
Excipiet Manes sua qui sine lite reliquit
laudabit studium cui sua cura cavet.
[------?]

[--- p]atroni famam barbar[---]
cuius Roma libris adserit [---]
amissos ornat titulis, en, aspice iunctos.
Quos habet incolumes fovit amore pari.
Supremas error ne posset rumpere ceras
arte sua cavit, clausit operta fide.
Excipiet Manes sua qui sine lite reliquit
laudabit studium cui sua cura cavet.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL 12 and CLE.

Lost line: name of the dedicator, though it may have never existed, CIL.
ll. 1-2: [?extollit p]atroni famam barba[ra tellus], / cuius Roma libris adserit [ipsa fidem], CIL; Cholodniak; Wierschowski. [auxit p]atroni famam barbat[us alumnus] / cuius Roma libris adserit [ipsa fidem], CLE. [--- p]atroni famam barbar[---] / cuius Roma libris adserit [ipsa fidem], Kruschwitz.

Main Translation

Translation . . . the patron’s . . . acclaim . . . barbarian . . ., to whose books Rome herself adds credence. The ones he has lost he adorns with inscriptions, lo!, behold them, united (sc. here). Those whom he retains safe and sound, he cherishes with equal love. Lest some error might break his final seals, he took precaution by means of his skill, locked his secrets faithfully. He who left his matters behind without quarrel will await the Spirits of the Departed (sc. calmly), and he whom his care protects will praise his effort.
Citation P. Kruschwitz

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Champlin, based on the name of an eminent jurisconsult with ties to Nemausus, Quintus Cervidius Scaevola. The dating remains uncertain according to Colafrancesco and Massaro.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 151 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history

Bibliography

Images

Editing History

Created 2025-09-08, by Fabio Spalla
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-17 13:45
  2. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-17 14:11
  3. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-17 14:14
  4. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-17 14:15
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-08-06 11:08
  6. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-09-03 06:45
  7. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-09-03 06:46
  8. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-09-03 06:47
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-09-08 11:14
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-09-08 11:15
Download
Download as XML