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Identification

Reference as: MPL00296
Title Funerary inscription for Καλόκαιρος
Trismegistos-No. 307315

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, chiesa of S. Maria in Vallicella, Iuc., Sab.; hortis Carpensibus, Wingh., Macar., Sirm.
Latitude 41.8985
Longitude 12.4692
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details unknown/ lost
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type altar
Material unknown
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate verses - Hedera
    • To separate verses - Other signs

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Greek
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


ΗΙΘΕΟΝΚΑΛΟΚΑΙΡΟΝΕΧΕΙ
ΤΟΔΕΣΗΜΑΛΙΠΟΥΣΗΣ foliola
ΨΥΧΗΣΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΥ
ΣΩΜΑΝΕΟΙΟΚΟΡΟΥ foliola
5ΣΠΕΥΔΕΝΟΔΟΝΘΕΙΗΝ
ΓΑΡΑΠΟΠΡΟΛΙΠΟΥΣΑ
ΜΕΡΙΜΝΑΣ hedera
ΠΕΥΚΕΔΑΝΟΙΟΒΙΟΥ
ΩΣΑΝΙΗΚΑΘΑΡΗ
10 ancora

Ηἴθεον Καλόκαιρον ἔχει
τόδε σῆμα λιπούσης ((foliola))
ψυχῆς ἀθανάτου
σῶμα νέοιο κόρου· ((foliola))
5σπεῦδεν ὁδὸν θείην
γὰρ ἀποπρολιποῦσα
μερίμνας ((hedera))
πευκεδανοῖο βίου
ὡς ἀνίῃ καθαρή.
10((ancora))

Ηἴθεον Καλόκαιρον ἔχει τόδε σῆμα λιπούσης ((foliola))
ψυχῆς ἀθανάτου σῶμα νέοιο κόρου· ((foliola))
σπεῦδεν ὁδὸν θείην γὰρ ἀποπρολιποῦσα μερίμνας ((hedera))
πευκεδανοῖο βίου ὡς ἀνίῃ καθαρή. ((ancora))
Apparatus

Text follows ICUR.

Main Translation

Translation Den Jüngling Kalokairos hält dieses Grabmal, weil die unsterbliche Seele den Körper des jungen Mannes zurückgelassen hat; denn sie eilte den göttlichen Weg, nach vorne zurückgelassen die Sorgen des verderblichen Lebens, dass sie rein nach oben steigt.
Citation Alexander Gangoly

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameKalokairos
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicatee

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Editing History

Created 2025-01-30, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-16 15:09
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-16 15:10
  3. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-16 15:13
  4. by Alexander Gangoly
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  5. by Alexander Gangoly
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  7. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 10:26
  8. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 10:40
  9. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-28 11:35
  10. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-28 11:38
  11. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-28 11:39
  12. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-03 09:16
  13. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-03 09:26
  14. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 13:42
  15. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 13:43
  16. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-30 14:13
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