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Reference as: MPL00297
Title Funerary inscription for Asterius/Ἀστέρεος
Trismegistos-No. 298931

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Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context via Appia Pignatelli, catacombs of Praetexatus
Latitude 41.8589
Longitude 12.5153
Current Location Roma, via Appia Pignatelli, catacombs of Praetextatus
Inventory number
Current Location Details cub. Bf, mensae arcisolii imp.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 170.0 cm

height: 80.0 cm

depth: 2.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 4.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

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

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


MORIBING[]TATEFIDEQDECORVS
ASTERIV[]VSHICRE[]VIEMMERV[]
ΗΘΕΣΙΚΑΙΠΙΝΥΤΑΜΕΜΕΛΗΜΕΝΟΣΕΥΣΕΒΙΗ[]
ΑΣΤΕΡΕΟΣΓΑΙΗΚΑΘΘΕΤΟΤΗΔΕΔΕΜΑΣ
5DEPOSITVSIDIBVSIANVARIISINPACE

Morib(us) ing(enio) [pie]tate fideq(ue) decorus
Asteriu[s posit]us hic re[q]uiem meru[it].
ἤθεσι καὶ πινυτᾶ μεμελήμενος εὐσεβίῃ [τε]
Ἀστέρεος γαίῃ κάθθετο τῇδε δέμας.
5Depositus idibus ianuariis in pace.

Morib(us) ing(enio) [pie]tate fideq(ue) decorus
Asteriu[s posit]us hic re[q]uiem meru[it].
ἤθεσι καὶ πινυτᾶ μεμελήμενος εὐσεβίῃ [τε]
Ἀστέρεος γαίῃ κάθθετο τῇδε δέμας.
Depositus idibus ianuariis in pace.
Apparatus

Text follows ICUR.
l. 1: ing[en(uo) piet]tate fidequ[e] Peek.

Main Translation

Translation Den Sitten, dem Talent, der Frömmigkeit und dem Glauben würdig, hat Asterius, der hier beigesetzt worden ist, die Ruhe verdient.
Der sich sorgt um die Sitten und Klugheit [und] Frömmigkeit, der Körper des Asteros ist bestattet in dieser Erde.
Beigesetzt an den Iden des Januar in Frieden.
Citation Alexander Gangoly

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameAsterius
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicatee

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 10:46
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 10:48
  3. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 10:53
  4. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 10:56
  5. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 11:20
  6. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 11:23
  7. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 11:24
  8. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 11:36
  9. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-03 09:17
  10. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-07-21 08:09
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 13:45
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-30 14:18
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-30 14:19
  14. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 15:18
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