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Identification

Reference as: MPL00239
Title Late antique building inscription
Trismegistos-No. 191906

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Plachidol
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Longitude 0.0
Current Location unknown
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type block
Material limestone
State of Preservation fragmentary
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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

Function building / dedicatory inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


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[---]ENIAMVROS
[]DDNSMVNDICVSTO
[]THOSTIAPORTA[]

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[--- mo]enia muros
[se]d d(omi)n(u)s mundi custo-
[dia]t hostia porta[e].
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[ mo]enia muros
[se]d d(omi)n(u)s mundi custo[dia]t hostia porta[e].
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation ... the city walls and the gates, but the owner of the world keeps the doorways.
Citation Chiara Cenati

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Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 301 AD
Date (To) 500 AD
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Editing History

Created 2026-02-04, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Complete
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Revisions
  1. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-04 11:44
  2. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-02-04 14:44
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