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Identification

Reference as: MPL00321
Title Christian funerary inscription for Βάσσος
Trismegistos-No. 297726

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Via Latina, Tor Fiscale, at the 3rd mile, near Silvestrelli - Moroni (LTUR, s.v. 170; 240, fig. 150) (Moroni-Celsi estate, ICUR); Moroni estate at Tor Fiscale, Ferrua.
Latitude 41.861
Longitude 12.5413
Current Location Roma, via Ardeatina, catacombs of Domitilla
Inventory number
Current Location Details Museum
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 172.0 cm

height: 60.0 cm

depth: 5.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 4.2
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Symbol / Monogr. Christi

Verse Layouts

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

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


ΟΥΝΟΜΑΜΟΙΒΑΣΣΟΣΠΑΤΡΗΔΕΠΟΛΙΣΒΑΒΥΛΩΝΟΣ
ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΔ᾿ΑΥΠΡΟΠΟΛΩΝΕΙΜΙΤΑΙΚΕΓΕΝΟΜΑΝ
ΣΩΜΑΚΑΜΟΝΔΕΛΙΠΩΝΓΑΙΗΒΙΟΤΟΝΔΕΒΡΟΤΙ[]
ΗΛΘΟΝΕΣΟΥΡΑΝΙΗΝΑΤΡΑΠΟΝΚΑΙΔΩΜΑΤΑΧΡΙΣΤΟ[]
siglum monogramma Christi
5ΛΙΨΑΝΑΜΕΝΒΑΣΣΟΙΟΚΑΤΑΧΘΟΝΟΣΗΔΕΠΡΟΣΑΙΘΡΑΝ
ΨΥΧΗΠΩΤΗΘΕΙΣΑΜΟΛΕΝΑΙΣΑΙΘΕΡΑΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ

Οὔνομά μοι Βάσσος πάτρη δὲ πόλις Βαβυλῶνος,
Χριστοῦ δ᾿ αὐ προπόλων εἰμί ται κὲ γενόμαν.
σῶμα κἀμὸν δὲ λιπὼν γαίῃ βίοτον δὲ βροτί[οις,]
ἦλθον ἐς οὐρανίην ἀτραπὸν καὶ δώματα Χριστο[ῦ.]
((siglum)) ((monogramma Christi))
5λίψανα μὲν Βάσσοιο κατὰ χθονὸς, ἡ δὲ πρὸς αἴθραν
ψυχὴ πωτηθεῖσα μόλεν αἰς αἰθέρα Χριστοῦ.

Οὔνομά μοι Βάσσος πάτρη δὲ πόλις Βαβυλῶνος,
Χριστοῦ δ᾿ αὐ προπόλων εἰμί ται κὲ γενόμαν.
σῶμα κἀμὸν δὲ λιπὼν γαίῃ βίοτον δὲ βροτί[οις,]
ἦλθον ἐς οὐρανίην ἀτραπὸν καὶ δώματα Χριστο[ῦ.]
((siglum)) ((monogramma Christi))
5λίψανα μὲν Βάσσοιο κατὰ χθονὸς, ἡ δὲ πρὸς αἴθραν
ψυχὴ πωτηθεῖσα μόλεν αἰς αἰθέρα Χριστοῦ.
Apparatus

Text follows ICUR, checked with picture by A. Gangoly 2023.
The siglum marks the change from first to third person perspective.

Main Translation

Translation Mein Name ist Bassos, die Heimat aber ist die Stadt von Babylon, aber ich bin außerdem von den Priestern Christi und war es. Aber zurückgelassen den erschöpften Körper in der Erde, auch das Leben bei den Sterblichen, kam ich zum himmlischen Pfad und zum Haus Christi. Überbleibsel des Bassos befinden sich zwar in der Erde, aber seine Seele, die in die Luft stieg, ging in den Himmel von Christus.
Citation Alexander Gangoly

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameBassos
    GenderMale
    OriginForeign
    ProfessionReligious staff
    RoleDedicatee

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Complete
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Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-21 14:55
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-21 15:09
  3. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-21 15:19
  4. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-21 15:25
  5. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-21 15:49
  6. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-03 09:40
  7. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-16 09:30
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 15:39
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 15:40
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 15:41
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-03 12:03
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-03 12:04
  13. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 15:21
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