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Identification

Reference as: MPL02203
Title Memorial of a shipwreck from Lugdunum
Trismegistos-No. 212608

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Lugdunum
Find Context District of Guillotière, area of Béchevelin, under a mound in a meadow, 1812.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Lyon, Musée Gallo-Romain Lyon Fourvière
Inventory number AD 440
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type block
Material limestone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 70.0 cm

height: 82.0 cm

depth: 40.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.8
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.8
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Unknown

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Block resting on moulded base and pedestal. Traces of red dye are visible on almost every letter.
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / Moulding
  • Architecture / Pedestal
  • Architecture / base

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by vacat
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Centered
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    Scriptio Continua in verse partyes
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
  • Dactylic rhythm
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

------
[---]·[---]

[---]·ENCVRI[]
[c 2 - 3]ISCIREQVAE
CORPVSETIPSV
5[]RMAREROMAMP[c 1 - 2]
[c 1 - 2]T
ALBEVSINSONTIS
.LVRESINTARTARO
      MISIT      

SVBASCIADEDICAVIT
------
[---]f̣+[---]

[---]+en curiọ[sus]
[c. 2 - 3] ṣi scire quae
corpus et ipsuṃ
5[pe]r mare Romam p[c. 1 - 2]
[c. 1 - 2]t
albeus insontis
p̣lures in Tartaro
( vac. ) misit. ( vac. )

Sub ascia dedicavit.
------ []f̣+[---]

[---]+en curiọ[sus]
[c. 2 - 3] ṣi scire quae
corpus et ipsuṃ
[pe]r mare Romam p[c. 1 - 2 c. 1 - 2]t

albeus insontis p̣lures in Tartaro ( vac. ) misit. ( vac. )
Sub ascia dedicavit.
Apparatus

l.6 reg., orig. albeus | reg., orig. insontis

Text follows CIL. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.
l. 1: ..........fi.........., Allmer and Dissard.
l. 2: ........ien curio[sus viator], Allmer and Dissard. [nom]en? curio[si?], CLE.
l. 3: [fata velis] si scire quae [fuerunt], Allmer and Dissard. si scire quad, CLE. [ubi] si scire quae[ris], Rougé.
l. 4: [audi dum] corpus et ipsum ......, Allmer and Dissard. corpus et ips(um) u[t], Rougé.
l. 5: ... [pe]r mare Romam p[ortaret], Allmer and Dissard.
ll. 5-6: Romam p[et]/[i]t vel p[e]/[ti]t, Rougé.
l. 7: .. [p]lures in Tartaro [repente], Allmer and Dissard.
l. 9: .. [p c] sub ascia dedicavit, Allmer and Dissard. [p. c. et] sub ascia dedicavit, CIL.

Main Translation

Translation ... curious ... if you wish to know ... and his own body ... he sailed to Rome ... the ship sent many innocents to Tartarus. He dedicated it under the ascia.
Citation Fabio Spalla

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Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Allmer and Dissard. Hirschfeld proposes a dating to the very beginning of the 3rd century AD, also based on palaeography.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography

Bibliography

Images

  • Memorial of a shipwreck from Lugdunum.

    Memorial of a shipwreck from Lugdunum.

    Source: CLEO L034 (c) R. Carande Herrero

Editing History

Created 2025-09-08, by Fabio Spalla
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-29 10:43
  2. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-29 12:11
  3. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-29 12:13
  4. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-07-30 05:53
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-08-06 13:00
  6. by Fabio Spalla
    at 2025-09-03 06:14
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-09-08 11:22
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