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Reference as: MPL00308
Title Fragmentary Christian funerary inscription for Εὐλ[ογία?]
Trismegistos-No. 295805

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Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Between via Appia and via Ardeatina, catacomb of Callixtus
Latitude 41.8608
Longitude 12.5087
Current Location Roma, between via Appia and via Ardeatina, catacomb of Callixtus
Inventory number
Current Location Details Of 14 fragments only 3 survived: area subdialis, in vestibulo scalarum A (ICUR, frg. a), cella trichora occidentali (ICUR, frg. b, c)
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary (only partially adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 4.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 5.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

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Verse Layouts

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

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Greek
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic rhythm
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


ΓΑΙΗΣ[]Θ[]ΑΙΠΑΤΡΙΣ
ΕΦΕΣ[---]ΕΝΘΑΔΕΚΕΙΜΑΙ
ΕΥΛ[---]ΟΣ[---]ΙΠΟΥΣΑ
ΜΙ[---]ΣΤ[---]ΑΙΝΗΠΙΑ
5[
]ΗΑΠ[]ΕΤΗΠ͡ΡΗ´Κ[]ΥΛΙΩ[]ΣΑΣΑ
ΚΑΛ[]ΙΝΛΕ´ΜΗΝΖ´ΗΜΕΙΑΣΙΒ´

Γαίης [ἐξ Ἀσίης ἦλ]θ[ον κ]αὶ πατρὶς
Ἔφεσ[ος ---] ἐνθάδε κεῖμαι
Εὐλ[ογία? ---]ος [--- λ]ιποῦσα
μι[---]στ[--- κ]αὶ νήπια
5[τέκνα
ἐν εἰρήν]ῃ ἀπ[ηλθ]έτη π͡ρ(ὸ) η´ κ[αλανδῶν εἰο]υλίω[ν ζή]σασα
καλ[ῶς ἔτεσ]ιν λε´ μῆν(ας) ζ´ ἡμειας ιβ´.

Γαίης [ἐξ Ἀσίης ἦλ]θ[ον κ]αὶ πατρὶς
Ἔφεσ[ος ---] ἐνθάδε κεῖμαι
Εὐλ[ογία? ---]ος [--- λ]ιποῦσα
μι[---]στ[--- κ]αὶ νήπια
[τέκνα
ἐν εἰρήν]ῃ ἀπ[ηλθ]έτη π͡ρ(ὸ) η´ κ[αλανδῶν εἰο]υλίω[ν ζή]σασα καλ[ῶς ἔτεσ]ιν λε´ μῆν(ας) ζ´ ἡμειας ιβ´.
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l.7 reg., orig. ἡμειας

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  • NameΕὐλ[ογία]
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    OriginForeign
    RoleDedicatee

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Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
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  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-21 07:35
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-21 08:16
  3. by Alexander Gangoly
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  4. by Alexander Gangoly
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  5. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-21 09:08
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  7. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-21 09:33
  8. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-10-09 04:58
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 14:39
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    at 2025-01-30 15:25
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    at 2025-01-30 15:26
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    at 2025-02-04 15:26
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