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Identification

Reference as: MPL00244
Title Fragmentary verse inscription from Troesmis
Trismegistos-No. 192147

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Troesmis
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Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Bucharest, Muzeul Național de Antichități
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Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: 90.0 cm

height: 75.0 cm

depth: 17.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 4.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 4.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
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Verse Layouts

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Unclear rhythm
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


QVISQVEHENC
MEMORIAMLE
XERITSITILLO
SEMPERBENE
5SITTBSEMPER
BNE
DM------

Quisque henc
memoriam le-
xerit , sit illo
semper bene.
5Sit t(i)b(i) semper
b(e)ne.
D(is) M(anibus). ------

Quisque henc memoriam lexerit , sit illo semper bene.
Sit t(i)b(i) semper b(e)ne.
D(is) M(anibus). ------
Apparatus

l.1 reg., orig. henc
l.2 reg., orig. le xerit
l.3 reg., orig. illo

Text follows Cenati, González Berdús.

Main Translation

Translation Whoever reads this memorial, may he be always well. May you always be well. To the Spirits of the Departed.
Citation Chiara Cenati

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Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 201 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • formulae
  • language

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Editing History

Created 2026-01-15, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Complete
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Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-11 08:44
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-15 09:35
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-15 09:35
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-15 13:21
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-01-15 15:30
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-01-15 15:33
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