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Reference as: MPL00285
Title Supplication to Παιάν
Trismegistos-No. 928719

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Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context unknown
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani
Inventory number inv. 9347
Current Location Details Palazzi Apostolici Vaticani - Corridoio di Belvedere, Est - Galleria Lapidaria - Parete XXIII - Inscriptiones graecae omne genus a terra tra XXIII e XXV
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type base
Material marble
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 42.0 cm

height: 34.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 1.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Above the inscription a snake on the left and next to it a right male foot in a sandal on the right.
Decoration Tags
  • Animal / snake
  • Person / foot

Verse Layouts

Text

Function dedication / prayer
Language(s)
  • Greek
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


ΝΟΥΣΟΛΥΤΑΚΛΥΤΟΜΗΤΙΦΕΡΕΣ.[]
ΣΗΔΥΝΑΜΙΣΚΑΚΟΕΡΓΟΝΑΝΑΚΡΟ[---]
ΑΝΘΡΩΠΩΝΤΡΟΜΕΕΙΤΕΠΑΛΙΝ[---]
ΑΔΗΣΤΕΥΡΥΘΕΜΙΛΟΣΟΤΑΝΖΩΑΛ[---]
5ΑΝΤΑΝΥΣΗΣΒΙΟΔΩΤΑΦΕΡΕΣΣΙΠΟ[]
ΝΥΝΟΥΝΠΑΝΤΑΔΟΜΟΝΓΕΝΕΤΑ[]
ΣΩΖΕΜΑΚΑΡΠΑΙΑΝΑΚΕΣΩΔΥΝ[]
ΠΑΤΡΩΙΝΟΥ

Νουσολύτα, κλυτόμητι, φερέσβ̣[ιε, δέσποτα Παιάν,]
σὴ δύναμις κακόεργον ἀνακρο[ύει ---]
ἀνθρώπων, τρομέει τε πάλιν[---]
ᾌδης τ’ εὐρυθέμιλος, ὅταν ζωαλι̣[---]
5ἀντανύσῃς, βιοδῶτα, φερεσσιπό[νοις μερόπεσσι]
νῦν οὖν πάντα δόμον γενέτας̣ [τε καὶ ἀγλαὰ τέκνα]
σῷζε, μάκαρ Παιάν, ἀκεσώδυν[ε, δῶτορ ὑγείης].
Πατρωίνου.

Νουσολύτα, κλυτόμητι, φερέσβ̣[ιε, δέσποτα Παιάν,]
σὴ δύναμις κακόεργον ἀνακρο[ύει ---]
ἀνθρώπων, τρομέει τε πάλιν[---]
ᾌδης τ’ εὐρυθέμιλος, ὅταν ζωαλι̣[---]
5ἀντανύσῃς, βιοδῶτα, φερεσσιπό[νοις μερόπεσσι]
νῦν οὖν πάντα δόμον γενέτας̣ [τε καὶ ἀγλαὰ τέκνα]
σῷζε, μάκαρ Παιάν, ἀκεσώδυν[ε, δῶτορ ὑγείης].
Πατρωίνου.
Apparatus

Text follows IGUR, checked on picture by A. Gangoly2023.
l. 6: written in a depression.

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Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • palaeography

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
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