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Reference as: MPL00299
Title Funerary inscription for the βρέφος Ἡλιόπαις
Trismegistos-No. 305859

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Find Place Roma
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State of Preservation complete
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Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

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  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen + subscriptum
    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

Inscription & Translations

piscis agnus piscus

ΕΝΘΑΔΕΚΕΙΜΕΒΡΕΦΟΣ
ΚΟΙΝΟΥΒΙΟΤΟΙΟΑΜΟΙ
ΡΟΣΗΔΙΣΤΟΥΠΑΤΕΡΟΣ
ΚΑΙΜΗΤΕΡΟΣΕΥΜΟΡΦΙΗΣ
5ΠΡΩΤΟΤΟΚΟΝΔΙΕΤΕΣΘΕΩ
ΜΕΜΕΛΗΜΕΝΟΝΗΔΥΗΛΙ
ΟΠΑΙΣΛΥΠΩΝΓΛΥΚΕΡΟΥΣ
ΧΡΗΣΤΟΥΣΤΕΤΟΚΗΑΣ
ΘΟΤΚΝ
((piscis)) ((agnus)) ((piscus))

Ἐνθάδε κεῖμε βρέφος
κοινοῦ βιότοιο ἄμοι-
ρος, Ἡδίστου πατέρος
καὶ μητέρος Εὐμορφίης,
5πρωτότοκον, διετὲς, θεῷ
μεμελημένον, ἡδὺ, Ἡλι-
όπαις, λυπῶν γλυκεροὺς
χρηστούς τε τοκῆας.
ΘΟΤΚΝ.
((piscis)) ((agnus)) ((piscus))

Ἐνθάδε κεῖμε βρέφος κοινοῦ βιότοιο ἄμοιρος,
Ἡδίστου πατέρος καὶ μητέρος Εὐμορφίης,
πρωτότοκον, διετὲς, θεῷ μεμελημένον, ἡδὺ,
Ἡλιόπαις, λυπῶν γλυκεροὺς χρηστούς τε τοκῆας.
ΘΟΤΚΝ.
Apparatus

Text follows Rebenich.
l. 9: θ(ε)οτ(εκνο)ν ICUR in apparatus.

Main Translation

Translation Hier liegt das Baby, ohne Anteil am gemeinsamen Leben, von dem Vater Hedistos und der Mutter Eumorphia, der erste Nachwuchs, zweijährig, süß umsorgt von Gott, das Sonntagskind (= am Sonntag geborenes Kind) betrauernd die süßen und guten Eltern. Gotteskind.
Citation Alexander Gangoly

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameHedistos
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator
  • NameEumorphia
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

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Created 2025-01-30, by Alexander Gangoly
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  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 12:40
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 13:22
  3. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 13:34
  4. by Alexander Gangoly
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  5. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-17 13:42
  6. by Alexander Gangoly
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    at 2023-03-20 10:06
  8. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-20 10:07
  9. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-20 10:07
  10. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-20 10:11
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 13:55
  12. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 13:57
  13. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 13:58
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-30 14:28
  15. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-30 14:29
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