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Inscriptions: Christian funerary inscription set up by Πακάτα for Παυλεῖνα

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Identification

Reference as: MPL00333
Title Christian funerary inscription set up by Πακάτα for Παυλεῖνα
Trismegistos-No. 292831

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Via Salaria nuova, catacombs at Via Anapo (ICUR; EDB); catacombs of Priscilla, near the vineyard of Bartolomeo Sanchez (1578) (= now of Bishop della Rovere), according to Bosio; via Salaria, in the cemetery at Clivus Cucumeris, mentioned by Manutius and Winghe; Ostrian catacombs of Via Salaria; now in the vineyard of Bartolomeo Sanctius de Alda, according to Ciaconius; vineyard of Pietro Cortesi, a Spaniard (1590), according to Menestrier; catacombs of the Giordani (IGCVO).
Latitude 41.9279
Longitude 12.5077
Current Location Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani
Inventory number
Current Location Details Pio Christ. par. VIII n. 31
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type sarcophagus
Material
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 61.0 cm

height: 35.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.7
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography On the left three rams, one lying and two feeding. According to the drawing of Ciacconio in Josi it was a bigger pastoral scene.
Decoration Tags
  • Animal / ram

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen + subscriptum
    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)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


ΕΝΘΑΔΕΠΑΥΛΕΙΝΑ
ΚΕΙΤΑΙΜΑΚΑΡΩΝ
ΕΝΙΧΩΡΩ
ΗΝΚΗΔΕΥΣΕΠΑΚΑΤΑ
5ΕΗΝΘΡΕΠΤΕΙΡΑΝ
ΓΛΥΚΕΡΗΝ
ΑΓΙΑΝΕΝΧΡΩ

Ἐνθάδε Παυλεῖνα
κεῖται μακάρων
ἐνὶ χώρῳ,
ἣν κήδευσε Πακάτα
5ἑὴν θρέπτειραν
γλυκερὴν,
ἁγίαν ἐν Χρ(ιστ)ῷ.

Ἐνθάδε Παυλεῖνα κεῖται μακάρων ἐνὶ χώρῳ,
ἣν κήδευσε Πακάτα ἑὴν θρέπτειραν γλυκερὴν,
ἁγίαν ἐν Χρ(ιστ)ῷ.
Apparatus

Text follows ICUR, checked with picture by A. Gangoly in 2023.

Main Translation

Translation Hier liegt Pauleina an einem Ort der Seligen, um welche Sorge trug Pakata, um ihre süße Ziehmutter, die heilige in Christus.
Citation Alexander Gangoly

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NamePauleina
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicatee
  • NamePakata
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

In the pentameter, the name Πακάτα is extrametrical, resulting in an irregular second half.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

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Date (Criteria)

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Editing History

Created 2025-02-03, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-22 14:38
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-22 14:51
  3. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-22 14:52
  4. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-22 14:57
  5. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-22 15:02
  6. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-03-24 09:21
  7. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-03 09:53
  8. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-12 08:46
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 16:07
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-30 16:08
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-03 13:13
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-03 13:14
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