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Identification

Reference as: MPL00222
Title Epitaph of Urbica
Trismegistos-No. 361144

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Theveste
Find Context The two slabs were found in the atrium of the basilica, under the forward portico.
Latitude 35.4042
Longitude 8.12231
Current Location unknown
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary (adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: 80.0 cm

height: 180.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 11.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 11.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Plant / Palm

Verse Layouts

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


[]ESEXTINC
[]RIGRATISSI
[]VIRGO
[]RBICAQVOD
5NOMENSEMPER
[]NASTRAVIGET
[]AVDESINECCEL
SISTALIBVSEREP
TATENEBRIS
10CVMTIBIPERPE
TVAREDDITVR
ALMADIES

[Hic iac]es extinc-
[ta, Pat]ri gratissi-
[ma] virgo,
[U]rbica, quod
5nomen semper
[i]n astra viget.
[L]audes in eccel-
sis, talibus erep-
ta tenebris,
10cum tibi perpe-
tua redditur
alma dies.

[Hic iac]es extinc[ta, Pat]ri gratissi[ma] virgo,
[U]rbica, quod nomen semper [i]n astra viget.
[L]audes in eccelsis, talibus erepta tenebris,
cum tibi perpetua redditur alma dies.
Apparatus

Text follows Monceaux 1912.
l. 2: [matri] in CLE 02131.
l. 7: [G]audes in ILAlg 01, 03429 and CLEAfrique 99.

Main Translation

Translation You rest here after the death, o virgin full of grace, alongside the Father, o Urbica, and this name of yours prospers forever in the stars. Glory in the highest! Once teared away from such shadows, an eternal light of life comes back with you.
Citation Team Mappola

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameUrbica
    GenderFemale
    OriginNative
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 401 AD
Date (To) 450 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-06-30 08:45
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  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-17 15:52
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