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Identification

Reference as: MPL00328
Title Christian funerary inscription
Trismegistos-No. 293562

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Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context via Tiburtina, Catacombe di Ciriaca.
Latitude 41.8983
Longitude 12.5208
Current Location Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani, Galleria Lapidaria
Inventory number
Current Location Details inter graecas paganas n. 57
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary (non-adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 1.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

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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
  • Dactylic rhythm
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


ΕΔΡΑΜΟΝΕΝΚΟΣΜ[]ΗΧΡΟΝΟΝΟΝΚΕΚΕΛΕΥΣΜΑΙ
ΠΟΙΗΜΑΤΕΔΕΙΝΟ[]ΥΣΑΚΑΤΕΓΝΩΝ
ΜΕΙΜΗΣΑΜΕΝΗ[---]ΤΟΝΔΕ
ΕΥΠΤΕΡΟΣΗΠΙΣΤ[]ΥΡΑΝΟΝΕΠΤΗΝ

Ἔδραμον ἐν κόσμ[οιο πλάν]ῃ χρόνον ὃν κεκέλευσμαι,
ποίημά τε δεινὸ[ν φύσιν ο]ὖσα κατέγνων,
μειμησαμένη [---] τόνδε
εὔπτερος ἡ πιστ[ὴ ψυχὴ ἰς ο]ὐρανὸν ἔπτην.

Ἔδραμον ἐν κόσμ[οιο πλάν]ῃ χρόνον ὃν κεκέλευσμαι,
ποίημά τε δεινὸ[ν φύσιν ο]ὖσα κατέγνων,
μειμησαμένη [---] τόνδε
εὔπτερος ἡ πιστ[ὴ ψυχὴ ἰς ο]ὐρανὸν ἔπτην.
Apparatus

Text follows ICUR.
Frg. a: 31x36; frg. b: 35x36.

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Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-22 13:22
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-22 13:30
  3. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-22 13:38
  4. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-22 13:43
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 15:56
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-03 12:52
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