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Identification

Reference as: MPL00324
Title Christian funerary inscription for Φλαβία Σόφη
Trismegistos-No. 301889

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Via Latina, 3rd mile (= in the Tombs of Via Latina).
Latitude 41.8616
Longitude 12.5372
Current Location Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano
Inventory number inv. 40662; inv. 40556 (frg.)
Current Location Details Terme di Diocleziano
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material marble
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 44.0 cm

height: 44.0 cm

depth: 7.2 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.5
Letter Size in cm (max) 3.0
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

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

a
ΦΩΣΠΑΤΡΙΚΟΝΠΟΘΕΟΥΣΑ
ΣΥΝΑΙΜΕΣΥΝΕΥΝΕΣΟΦΗ͡ΜΟΥ
ΛΟΥΤΡΟΙΣΧΡΕΙΣΑΜΕΝΗΧΥ
ΜΥΡΟΝΑΦΘΙΤΟΝΑΓΝΟΝ
5ΑΙΩΝΩΝΕΣΠΕΥΣΑΣΑΘΡΙ
ΣΑΙΘΕΙΑΠΡΟΣΩΠΑ
ΒΟΥΛΗΣΤΗΣΜΕΓΑΛΗΣΜΕΓΑΝ
ΑΝΓΕΛΟΝΥΙΟΝΑΛΗΘΗ
[]ΥΜΦΩΝΑΜΟΛΟΥΣΑΚΑΙΕΙΣ
10[]ΟΥΣΑΝΟΡΟΥΣΑ
[]ΣΠΑΤΡΙΚΟΥΣΚΑ[---]
[---]ΟΝΕΣΤ[]Ω[]
[---]ΗΠΡΟ[---]
b
ΟΥΚΕΣΧΕΝΚΟΙΝΟΝΒΙΟΤΟΥΤΕ
ΛΟΣΗΔΕΘΑΝΟΥΣΑ
ΚΑΤΘΑΝΕΚΑΙΖΩΕΙΚΑΙΟΡΑ
ΦΑΟΣΑΦΘΙΤΟΝΟΝΤΩΣ
5ΖΩΕΙΜΕΝΖΩΟΙΣΙΘΑΝΕΝΔΕ
ΘΑΝΟΥΣΙΝΑΛΗΘΩΣ
ΓΑΙΑΤΙΘΑΥΜΑΖΕΙΣΝΕΚΥΟΣ
ΓΕΝΟΣΗΠΕΦΟΒΗΣΑΙ
a
Φῶς πατρικὸν ποθέουσα,
σύναιμε, σύνευνε Σόφη ͡μου,
λουτροῖς χρεισαμένη Χ(ριστο)ῦ
μύρον ἄφθιτον, ἁγνόν,
5αἰώνων ἔσπευσας ἀθρῖ-
σαι θεῖα πρόσωπα,
βουλῆς τῆς μεγάλης μέγαν
ἄνγελον, ὑϊὸν ἀληθῆ.
[ἰς ν]υμφῶνα μολοῦσα καὶ εἰς
10[παστ]οὺς ἀνοροῦσα
[ἄφθαρτο]ς πατρικοὺς κα[ὶ ---]
[---]ον ἐστ[εφα]ν̣ώ[θης]
---]ΗΠΡΟ[---]
b
Οὐκ ἔσχεν κοινὸν βιότου τέ-
λος ἥδε θανοῦσα·
κάτθανε καὶ ζώει καὶ ὁρᾷ
φάος ἄφθιτον ὄντως·
5ζώει µὲν ζωοῖσι, θάνεν δὲ
θανοῦσιν ἀληθῶς.
γαῖα τί θαυµάζεις νέκυος
γένος; ἦ πεφόβησαι;
a

Φῶς πατρικὸν ποθέουσα, σύναιμε, σύνευνε Σόφη ͡μου,
λουτροῖς χρεισαμένη Χ(ριστο)ῦ μύρον ἄφθιτον, ἁγνόν,
αἰώνων ἔσπευσας ἀθρῖσαι θεῖα πρόσωπα,
βουλῆς τῆς μεγάλης μέγαν ἄνγελον, ὑϊὸν ἀληθῆ.
5[ἰς ν]υμφῶνα μολοῦσα καὶ εἰς [παστ]οὺς ἀνοροῦσα
[ἄφθαρτο]ς πατρικοὺς κα[ὶ --- ]ον ἐστ[εφα]ν̣ώ[θης]
---]ΗΠΡΟ[---]
b

Οὐκ ἔσχεν κοινὸν βιότου τέλος ἥδε θανοῦσα·
κάτθανε καὶ ζώει καὶ ὁρᾷ φάος ἄφθιτον ὄντως·
ζώει µὲν ζωοῖσι, θάνεν δὲ θανοῦσιν ἀληθῶς.
γαῖα τί θαυµάζεις νέκυος γένος; ἦ πεφόβησαι;
Apparatus

Text follows Snyder.
l. 8: ἀλεθῆ Carletti.
l. 10: [κόλπ]ους Ferrua; [οἴκ]ους McKechnie.
l. 11: [ἀθάνατο]ς Ferrua, ICUR.
l. 13: [---]ΗΠΡΟΔ[---] ICUR.
Fragment ll. 11–13: 9x11.

Main Translation

Translation Longing for the Father’s light, my sister and spouse, Sophe,
Anointed in the bath of Christ with ointment imperishable, holy,
You were eager to see the divine faces of the Aeons,
The great angel of the Great Council, the true Son.
Entering the bridal chamber and ascending, incorruptible, to the bridal bed of the Father … you were crowned …
No common end of life had she, this one who died;
She perished and yet lives, and sees truly imperishable light.
She lives among the living, but has died to those who are truly dead.
Earth, why do you marvel at this sort of body? Are you frightened?
Citation Davide Massimo, Mirko Tasso

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameΦλαβία Σόφη
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

One verse in two lines; second line indented. Acrostichon: Φλαβ[ία]. Both sides inscribed; the back face after some time after the front.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history
  • names
  • palaeography

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Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
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