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Inscriptions: Funerary inscription set up by Ἀππιανός (Appianos) for Εὐτυχία (Eutychia)

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Identification

Reference as: MPL00271
Title Funerary inscription set up by Ἀππιανός (Appianos) for Εὐτυχία (Eutychia)
Trismegistos-No. 637223

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Camposanto teutonico del Vaticano
Latitude 41.9013
Longitude 12.4546
Current Location Città del Vaticano, Camposanto teutonico del Vaticano
Inventory number
Current Location Details in 2000 „mortared atop a garden wall containing memorials, provides a monumental cap to the wall; only about half of the sides and rear are free of earth, and the interior is being used to hold gardening equipment“ (according to Bucher)
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type sarcophagus
Material limestone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 196.0 cm

height: 45.0 cm

depth: 93.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.2
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography the main carmen is written in two columns within a tabula ansata which is flanked by a column on each side; beneath the second column, outside the tabula ansata, there is another verse
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / column
  • Object / Tabula ansata

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Columns
    • Right aligned
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Greek
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

I
ΡΩ[]ΣΠΑΝΧΡΥΣΕΟΙΟΤΥΧΗΣΙΕΡΑΤΙΔΑΤΕΙΜΗΝ
ΠΑΡΒΑΣΙΛΗΟΣΕΧΩΝΑΥΣΟΝΙΟΙΟΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ
ΑΠΠΙΑΝΟΣΒΙΟΤΟΙΟΠΑΝΗΓΥΡΕΩΣΑΠΟΛΑΥΩΝ
ΛΑΡΝΑΚΑΛΑΙΝΕΗΝΤΩΔΑΝΕΘΗΚΑΤΟΠΩ
5ΚΗΔΕΙΑΝΕΣΕΜΗΝΚΑΙΚΟΥΡΙΔΙΗΣΑΛΟΧΟΙΟ
ΕΣΘΛΗΣΕΥΤΥΧΙΑΣΗΣΥΝΕΖΗΣΑΒΙΟΝ
II
ΖΩΣΗΑΠΑΝΤΑΠΑΡΕΣΧΕΝΕΜΟΙΠΑΡΟΣΕΣΘΛΑΒΙΟΙΟ
ΑΠΠΙΑΝΟΣΓΑΜΕΤΗΣΕΞΟΧΑΤΕΙΟΜΕΝΟΣ
ΚΑΙΜΕΤΑΦΩΣΒΙΟΤΟΙΟΓΕΡΑΣΤΟΔΕΜΕΖΟΝΕΤΕΥΞΕ
ΑΜΦΩΚΗΔΕΥΣΑΣΤΟΥΜΟΝΕΟΝΤΕΔΕΜΑΣ
5ΟΥΓΑΡΟΤΕΘΝΩΤΑΣΚΑΤΑΘΕΙΣΚΕΙΝΟ[]ΤΟΔΕΡΕΞΕΝ
ΑΛΛΟΠΡΟΤΟΥΘΑΝΑΤΟΥΤΟΥΤΟΝΟΩΘΕΜΕΝΟΣ

ΔΩΔΕΧΕΤΗΝΕΛΑΒΟΝΕΖΗΣΕΝΕΤΗΣΥΝΕΜΟΙΛΑʹ
I
Ῥώ[μη]ς πανχρυσέοιο Τύχης ἱερατίδα τειμὴν
πὰρ βασιλῆος ἔχων Αὐσονίοιο κράτους,
Ἀππιανὸς βιότοιο πανηγύρεως ἀπολαύων
λάρνακα λαϊνέην τῷδ’ ἀνέθηκα τόπῳ,
5κηδείαν ἐς ἐμὴν καὶ κουριδίης ἀλόχοιο
ἐσθλῆς Εὐτυχίας ᾗ συνέζησα βίον.
II
Ζώσῃ ἅπαντα παρέσχεν ἐμοὶ πάρος ἐσθλὰ βίοιο
Ἀππιανὸς γαμέτης ἔξοχα τειόμενος·
καὶ μετὰ φῶς βιότοιο γέρας τόδε με<ῖ>ζον ἔτευξε
ἄμφω κηδεύσας, τοὐμὸν ἑόν τε δέμας·
5οὐ γὰρ ὁ τεθνώτας καταθεὶς κεῖνο[ς] τόδ’ ἔρεξεν,
ἀλλ’ ὁ πρὸ τοῦ θανάτου τοῦτο νόῳ θέμενος.

δωδεχέτην ἔλαβον, ἔζησεν ἔτη σὺν ἐμοὶ λαʹ.
I

Ῥώ[μη]ς πανχρυσέοιο Τύχης ἱερατίδα τειμὴν
πὰρ βασιλῆος ἔχων Αὐσονίοιο κράτους,
Ἀππιανὸς βιότοιο πανηγύρεως ἀπολαύων
λάρνακα λαϊνέην τῷδ’ ἀνέθηκα τόπῳ,
5κηδείαν ἐς ἐμὴν καὶ κουριδίης ἀλόχοιο
ἐσθλῆς Εὐτυχίας ᾗ συνέζησα βίον.
II

Ζώσῃ ἅπαντα παρέσχεν ἐμοὶ πάρος ἐσθλὰ βίοιο
Ἀππιανὸς γαμέτης ἔξοχα τειόμενος·
καὶ μετὰ φῶς βιότοιο γέρας τόδε με<ῖ>ζον ἔτευξε
ἄμφω κηδεύσας, τοὐμὸν ἑόν τε δέμας·
5οὐ γὰρ ὁ τεθνώτας καταθεὶς κεῖνο[ς] τόδ’ ἔρεξεν,
ἀλλ’ ὁ πρὸ τοῦ θανάτου τοῦτο νόῳ θέμενος.

δωδεχέτην ἔλαβον, ἔζησεν ἔτη σὺν ἐμοὶ λαʹ.
Apparatus

Text follows the edition of IGUR. Picture checked by Gangoly 2024.

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Prosopographical Information

  • Name Ἀππιανός
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    RoleDedicator
  • NameΕὐτυχία
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Non-canonical, precision: low]
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

The number λαʹ in the last verse has to be read as a monosyllable (for other examples see Bucher 2003, 165sq.). Ἀππιανός may be the known historian.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

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

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