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Identification

Reference as: MPL00349
Title Honorary inscription for the athlete Νεικήτης
Trismegistos-No. 568550

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context unknown
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Roma, Musei Capitolini
Inventory number
Current Location Details according to IGUR (a. 1968)
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type cippus
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 25.0 cm

height: 57.0 cm

depth: 18.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography On the front a relief of a man dressed as a soldier, bareheaded, holding a spear in the right hand and leaning on a shield.
Decoration Tags
  • Object / Pilum
  • Object / Tunica
  • Object / armour
  • Object / shield
  • Person / Soldier

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function honorific inscription
Language(s)
  • Greek
Verse Type(s)
  • Unclear rhythm
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

Front

[---]·······
ΝΕΙΚΗΤΗΣ
ΤΩΓΕΝΙΚΕΙΛΕΟΣ
ΕΥΤΥΧΗΣΒΕΙΘΥΝΟΣ
5ΤΕΧΝΕΙΤΗΣΕΠΟΙΕΙRight side

[·]ΟΗΘ[]
[]ΟΣΤΟΥΣ
[]ΟΝΗΡΟΥΣ
ΓΕΙΝΕΤΕ
5ΘΕΟΣ
ΕΡΜΗΣΕΙΑ
[·]ΕΥΣΚΟΥΠΙ
[·]ΟΣΦΙΛΟΣ
[··]ΑΠΟΛΙΕΙ
10[··]ΛΣΑΚΑΙ
[]ΥΤΟΣΣΥΝΔ[-]
[]ΜΑΔΙΕΥΟ
ΔΙΗΗΝΕΥ
ΧΟΜΕΣΩΖΕ
15ΣΘΕΠΑΝΤΟΤΕLeft side

[·][---]
[---]ΡΟΣΑΥΤΟΥΝ[-]
ΗΣΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΣ
ΠΡΟΒΙΒΑΣΘΕΙΣΚΑΙ
5ΑΥΤΟΣΑΘΛΟΙΣΤΟΙΣ
ΕΝΣΤΑΔΙΟΙΣΤΟΤΕΥ
ΧΕΙΝΚΑΙΠΡΩΤΟΝ
ΤΕΦΘΕΙΣΣΤΑΔΙΝΚΑΙ
ΑΥΤΟΣΔΕΔΙΑΥΛΟΝ10ΗΕΛΙΟΥΤΕΔΡΟΜΟΝ
[]ΑΙΜΗΝΗΣΤΕΣΕΛΗ
ΝΗΣΑΘΛΑΤΕΛΕΣΑΣ
ΜΕΙΖΟΝΑΘΗΡΑΚΛ
ΟΥΣΣΥΝΕΙΔΗΣΙΝΕ
15ΧΩΝΑΙΣΙΤΩΝΓΟΝΕ
ΩΝΤΟΓΕΝΟΣΚΑΙΠΑ
ΤΡΙΔΟΣΤΕΤΥΧΗΣ
ΟΣΠΑΙΔΙΟΝΕΛΘ[]
ΕΝΡΩΜΗΤΗΚΟΣΜ[-]
20[]ΡΟΦΩΧΑΡΙΝΟΙΔΕ
ΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΝΕΝΜΕ
ΑΛΗΔΟΞΗΤΕΔΡΑΜΩ[]
[]ΕΙΚΗΣΑΣΡΩΜΑ[·]
[··]ΗΤΕΤΥΧΟΝΚΑΙ
25[]ΥΝΕΙΜΗΠΡΟΦΗ
ΤΗΣΩΝΓΕΠΡΟΕΙ
ΠΑΘΕΩΝ
Front

[---]c. 7
Νεικήτης
τῷ γένι Κειλεος·
Εὐτύχης Βειθυνὸς
5τεχνείτης ἐποίει. Right side

[.β]οηθο̣[ὶ]
[πρ]ὸς τοὺς
[π]ονηροὺς
γείνετε
5θεὸς
Ἑρμῆς εια-
[.]ευς κουπι-
[.]ος φίλος
[..]α πολιει-
10[..]λα̣σα καὶ
[α]ὐτὸς συνδ[ρ-]
[ο]μάδι εὐο-
δίῃ ἣν εὔ-
χομε σώζε-
15σθε πάντοτε. Left side

[.]ο̣ι̣[---]
[---]ρος αὐτοῦ Ν[εική-]
τ̣ης Ἡράκλειο̣ς
προβιβασθεὶς καὶ
5αὐτὸς ἄθλοις τοῖς
ἐν σταδίοις το τεύ-
χειν καὶ πρῶτον
σ̣τεφθεὶς στάδιν καὶ
αὐτὸς δὲ δίαυλον 10Ἡελίου τε δρόμον
[κ]αὶ Μήνης τε Σελή-
νης ἆθλα τελέσας,
μείζονα θ’ Ἡρακλέ̣-
ους συνείδησιν ἔ-
15χων· αἰσίτων γονέ-
ων τὸ γένος καὶ πα-
τρίδος τε τύχης·
ὃς παιδίον ἐλθὼ̣[ν]
ἐν Ῥώμῃ τῇ κοσμ[ο-]
20[τ]ρόφῳ χάριν οἷδε
μεγίστην, ἐν μεγ̣-
άλῃ δόξῃ τε δραμώ[ν],
[ν]εικήσας Ῥωμα[.]
[..]η τ’ ἔτυχον· καὶ
25[ν]ῦν εἴμη προφή-
της ὧν γε προεῖ-
πα θεῶν.
Front
[---]c. 7 Νεικήτης τῷ γένι Κειλεος· Εὐτύχης Βειθυνὸς τεχνείτης ἐποίει. Right side
[.β]οηθο̣[ὶ πρ]ὸς τοὺς [π]ονηροὺς γείνετε θεὸς Ἑρμῆς εια[.]ευς κουπι[.]ος φίλος [..]α πολιει[..]λα̣σα καὶ [α]ὐτὸς συνδ[ρο]μάδι εὐοδίῃ ἣν εὔχομε σώζεσθε πάντοτε. Left side

[.]ο̣ι̣[--- ]ρος
αὐτοῦ Ν[εική]τ̣ης Ἡράκλειο̣ς προβιβασθεὶς
καὶ αὐτὸς ἄθλοις τοῖς ἐν σταδίοις το τεύχειν
καὶ πρῶτον σ̣τεφθεὶς στάδιν καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ δίαυλον
Ἡελίου τε δρόμον [κ]αὶ Μήνης τε Σελήνης ἆθλα τελέσας,
5μείζονα θ’ Ἡρακλέ̣ους συνείδησιν ἔχων·
αἰσίτων γονέων τὸ γένος καὶ πατρίδος τε τύχης·
ὃς παιδίον ἐλθὼ̣[ν]
ἐν Ῥώμῃ τῇ κοσμ[οτ]ρόφῳ χάριν οἷδε μεγίστην,
ἐν μεγ̣άλῃ δόξῃ τε δραμώ[ν, ν]εικήσας Ῥωμα[.]
[..]η τ’ ἔτυχον· καὶ
[ν]ῦν εἴμη προφήτης ὧν γε προεῖπα θεῶν.
Apparatus

l.6 reg., orig. ο

Text follows IGUR, picture checked by A. Gangoly in 2023, improvements in l. 1, left l. 3.
Front, l. 2: [---]ΟΣΕΣΙΑ[---] CIG; [—]ỊΑ̣[---] IGUR.
Left side:
l. 1: [β]οηθό[ς] IG.
l. 3: Ἡράκλειος IGUR.
l. 6: Ἑρμῆς <ὁ κ>α[ὶ] CIG; ἐβοήθει α[---] IG.
l. 7–8: Εὐσκούπιος CIG.
Right side:
l. 1–2: [--- πα]τρὸς CIG.
l. 2: [---]τρος IG.
l. 23: Ῥωμα[ίους] CIG.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameNeiketes
    GenderMale
    ProfessionOther profession
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Jones thinks of a funerary inscription.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 171 AD
Date (To) 230 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • palaeography

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Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
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