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Identification

Reference as: MPL00278
Title Funerary inscription on a slab
Trismegistos-No. 636539

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context unknown; Villa Burioni (= close to Porta Salaria before 1773), Iuvenatius; close to Antium (1776), Dallaway; according to IG this year was a mistake
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location London, British Museum
Inventory number 1805,0703.211
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 34.0 cm

height: 43.0 cm

depth: 6.35 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography "Within a small panel, a skeleton lies at full length."
Decoration Tags
  • God

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


ΕΙΠΕΙΝΤΙΣΔΥΝΑΤΑΙ
ΣΚΗΝΟΣΛΙΠΟΣΑΡΚΟΝ
ΑΘΡΗΣΑΣΕΙΠΕΡΥΛΑΣ
ΗΘΕΡΣΕΙΤΗΣΗΝΩ
5ΠΑΡΟΔΕΙΤΑ

Εἰπεῖν τίς δύναται
σκῆνος λιπόσαρκον
ἀθρήσας, εἴπερ Ὕλας
ἢ Θερσείτης ἦν, ὦ
5παροδεῖτα.

Εἰπεῖν τίς δύναται σκῆνος λιπόσαρκον ἀθρήσας,
εἴπερ Ὕλας ἢ Θερσείτης ἦν, ὦ παροδεῖτα.
Apparatus

Text follows IG, checked on picure by A. Gangoly 2023.

Main Translation

Translation Wer kann sagen, wenn er/sie einen dรผrren toten Kรถrper sieht, ob es Hylas oder Therseites war, o Reisender?
Citation Alexander Gangoly

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Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

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Editing History

Created 2025-01-24, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-09 12:14
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-09 12:20
  3. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-09 12:24
  4. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-09 12:35
  5. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-09 12:37
  6. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-28 07:42
  7. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-28 08:40
  8. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-03 08:17
  9. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-03 08:18
  10. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-22 08:07
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-24 11:54
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