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Identification

Reference as: MPL00357
Title Tabula Iliaca Chigi
Trismegistos-No. 637170

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Tor Paterno, Castel Porziano, at the end of the via Laurentina
Latitude 41.7029
Longitude 12.3508
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details unknown; in Rome, Palazzo Chigi, then Ariccia, Palazzo Chigi (cf. Petrain 2012, 631sq.)
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 9.0 cm

height: 14.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Two women, the personification of Europe and Asia respectively, standing, looking at each other, holding a clipeus showing the victory of Alexander over Darius in battle of Gaugamela; between them a round altar depicting three figures, two women dancing lifting their chitons, one of them holding a torch, between them Apollo Citharoedus.
Decoration Tags
  • Animal / horse
  • Architecture / Altar
  • Architecture / Clipeus
  • God / Apollon
  • Object / Chiton
  • Object / Musical instrument
  • Object / armour
  • Object / helmet
  • Object / shield
  • Object / sword
  • Object / weapon
  • Person / Horseman
  • Person / Soldier
  • Person / woman
  • Scene / Triumphal

Verse Layouts

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

Text

Function literary quotation
Language(s)
  • Greek
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

In margine superiore
ΕΠΤΑΞΑΝΒΑΣΙΛΗΕΣΕΜΟΝΔΟΡΥΕΘΝΕΑΤΕΑΥΤΩΝ
ΟΣΣΑΠΕΡΙΞΓΑΙΗΣΩΚΕΑΝΟΣΝΕΜΕΤΑΙ
In margine sinistro

ΕΥΡΩ
ΠΗIn margine dextro

ΑΣΙΑIn media tabula sub clypeo

ΗΕΠΙΠΑΣΙΜΑΧΗ
ΤΡΙΤΗΠΡΟΣΔΑΡΗ
ΟΝΓΕΝΟΜΕΝΗ
ΕΝΑΡΒΗΛΟΙΣIn margine inferiore
ΕΙΜΙΔΑΦΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΣΔΙΟΣΕΚΓΟΝΟΣΥΙΟΣΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
ΑΙΑΚΙΔΩΝΓΕΝΕΗΣΜΗΤΡΟΣΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΔΟΣ
In margine superiore
Ἔπταξαν βασιλῆες ἐμὸν δόρυ ἔθνεά τε αὐτῶν,
ὅσσα πέριξ γαίης ὠκεανὸς νέμεται.
In margine sinistro

Εὐρώ-
πη. In margine dextro

Ἀσία. In media tabula sub clypeo

Ἥ ἐπὶ πᾶσι μάχη
τρίτη πρὸς Δαρῆ-
ον γενομένη
ἐν Ἀρβήλοις. In margine inferiore
εἰμὶ δ’ ἀφ’ Ἡρακλέος Διὸς ἔκγονος, υἱὸς Φιλίππου,
Αἰακιδῶν γενεῆς, μητρὸς Ὀλυμπιάδος.
In margine superiore

Ἔπταξαν βασιλῆες ἐμὸν δόρυ ἔθνεά τε αὐτῶν,
ὅσσα πέριξ γαίης ὠκεανὸς νέμεται.
In margine sinistro
Εὐρώπη. In margine dextro
Ἀσία. In media tabula sub clypeo
Ἥ ἐπὶ πᾶσι μάχη τρίτη πρὸς Δαρῆον γενομένη ἐν Ἀρβήλοις. In margine inferiore

εἰμὶ δ’ ἀφ’ Ἡρακλέος Διὸς ἔκγονος, υἱὸς Φιλίππου,
Αἰακιδῶν γενεῆς, μητρὸς Ὀλυμπιάδος.
Apparatus

Text follows Sadurska, picture checked by A. Gangoly in 2023.

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Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 25 BC
Date (To) 1 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • palaeography

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Editing History

Created 2025-02-04, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-18 06:33
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-18 09:31
  3. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-18 09:35
  4. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-18 09:36
  5. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-18 09:51
  6. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-18 09:52
  7. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-18 11:22
  8. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-18 12:11
  9. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-18 12:23
  10. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-18 12:29
  11. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-19 10:29
  12. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-03 11:53
  13. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 11:21
  14. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 11:22
  15. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-04 13:50
  16. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-04 13:51
  17. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-04 13:53
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