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Identification

Reference as: MPL00283
Title Funerary inscriptions for Πάτρων and Ἀπποληία
Trismegistos-No. 636473

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context via Appia Antica, porta Capena, extra, in hypogaeo, haud procul a porta Latina (CIG)
Latitude 41.8765
Longitude 12.5021
Current Location Paris, Musée du Louvre
Inventory number Ma 1631.4 ; Ma 4247+Ma 1631.5 ; Ma 4248
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material tuff
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: 5.5 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Inscription written on two slabs. Dimensions: 109.5x31.5 (v. 1–7). 102x29.5 (v. 8–14).
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Verse Layouts

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

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


ΟΥΒΑΤΟΙΟΥΤΡΙΒΟΛΟΙΤΟΝΕΜΟΝΤ.ΦΟΝΑΜΦΙΣΕΧΟΥΣΙΝ
ΟΥΔΟΛΟΛΥΓΑΙΑΝΥΚΤΕΡΙΣΑΜΠΕΤΑΤΑΙ
ΑΛΛΑΜΕΠΑΝΔΕΝΔΡΟΣΧΑΡΙΕΝΠΕΡΙΡΙΣΚΟΝΑΝΕΡΠΕΙ
ΚΥΚΛΟΘΕΝΕΥΚΑΡΠΟΙΣΚΛΩΣΙΝΑΓΑΛΛΟΜΕΝΟΝ
5ΠΩΤΑΤΑΙΔΕΠΕΡΙΞΛΙΓΥΡΗΜΙΝΥΡΙΣΤΡΙΑΑΗΔΩΝ
ΚΑΙΤΕΤΤΙΞΓΛΥΚΕΡΟΙΣΧΕΙΛΕΣΙΛΕΙΡΑΧΕΩΝ
ΚΑΙΣΟΦΑΤΡΑΥΛΙΖΟΥΣΑΧΕΛΕΙΔΟΝΙΣΗΤΕΛΙΓΥΠΝΟΥΣ
ΑΚΡΙΣΑΠΟΣΤΗΘΟΥΣΗΔΥΧΕΟΥΣΑΜΕΛΟΣ
ΠΑΤΡΩΝΟΣΣΑΒΡΟΤΟΙΣΙΝΕΡΑΣΜΙΑΠΑΝΤΕΤΕΛΕΣΣΑ
10ΟΦΡΑΚΑΙΙΝΑΙΔΗΤΕΡΠΝΟΝΕΧΟΙΜΙΤΟΠΟΝ
ΤΑΛΛΑΔΕΠΑΝΤΑΛΕΛΟΙΠΑΚΑΙΕΝΝΕΟΤΗΤΙΚΑΤΕΚΤΗΝ
ΟΙΧΗΤΑΙΠΛΗΝΑΠΡΙΝΖΩΝΑΠΕΚΑΡΠΙΣΑΜΗΝ
siglum

ΠΑΤΗΡΠΑΤΡΩΝΜΕΝΑΠΠΟΛΗΙΑΔΕΓΩ
ΤΕΚΝΩΔΕΔΙΣΣΑΤΕΚΝΑΠΑΤΕΡΑΔΕΥΛΕΓΩ

Οὐ βάτοι, οὐ τρίβολοι τὸν ἐμὸν τά̣φον ἀμφὶς ἔχουσιν,
οὐδ’ ὀλολυγαία νυκτερὶς ἀμπέταται,
ἀλλά με πᾶν δένδρος χαρίεν περὶ ῥίσκον ἀνέρπει
κυκλόθεν, εὐκάρποις κλωσὶν ἀγαλλόμενον·
5πωτᾶται δὲ πέριξ λιγυρὴ μινυρίστρια ἀηδὼν
καὶ τέττιξ γλυκεροῖς χείλεσι λειρὰ χέων
καὶ σοφὰ τραυλίζουσα χελειδονὶς ἥ τε λιγύπνους
ἀκρὶς ἀπὸ στήθους ἡδὺ χέουσα μέλος.
Πάτρων ὅσσα βροτοῖσιν ἐράσμια, πάντ’ ἐτέλεσσα,
10ὄφρα καὶ ἰν Ἀίδῃ τερπνὸν ἔχοιμι τόπον·
τἆλλα δὲ πάντα λέλοιπα καὶ ἐν νεότητι κατέκτην,
οἴχηται πλὴν ἃ πρὶν ζῶν ἀπεκαρπισάμην.
((siglum))

πατὴρ Πάτρων μέν, Ἀπποληία δ’ ἐγώ·
τεκνῶ δὲ δισσὰ τέκνα, πατέρα δ’ εὖ λέγω.

Οὐ βάτοι, οὐ τρίβολοι τὸν ἐμὸν τά̣φον ἀμφὶς ἔχουσιν,
οὐδ’ ὀλολυγαία νυκτερὶς ἀμπέταται,
ἀλλά με πᾶν δένδρος χαρίεν περὶ ῥίσκον ἀνέρπει
κυκλόθεν, εὐκάρποις κλωσὶν ἀγαλλόμενον·
5πωτᾶται δὲ πέριξ λιγυρὴ μινυρίστρια ἀηδὼν
καὶ τέττιξ γλυκεροῖς χείλεσι λειρὰ χέων
καὶ σοφὰ τραυλίζουσα χελειδονὶς ἥ τε λιγύπνους
ἀκρὶς ἀπὸ στήθους ἡδὺ χέουσα μέλος.
Πάτρων ὅσσα βροτοῖσιν ἐράσμια, πάντ’ ἐτέλεσσα,
10ὄφρα καὶ ἰν Ἀίδῃ τερπνὸν ἔχοιμι τόπον·
τἆλλα δὲ πάντα λέλοιπα καὶ ἐν νεότητι κατέκτην,
οἴχηται πλὴν ἃ πρὶν ζῶν ἀπεκαρπισάμην.
((siglum))

πατὴρ Πάτρων μέν, Ἀπποληία δ’ ἐγώ·
τεκνῶ δὲ δισσὰ τέκνα, πατέρα δ’ εὖ λέγω.
Apparatus

Text follows IGUR.
l. 8 can hardly be read anymore.

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Dating

Date (From) 25 BC
Date (To) 1 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • language
  • palaeography

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