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Reference as: MPL00362
Title Building inscription of a λαβύρινθος by Κύιντος Ἰούλιος Μίλητος
Trismegistos-No. 568835

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context unknown
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Roma, Villa Borghese
Inventory number
Current Location Details in the vestibule of museum
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type base
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 67.0 cm

height: 118.0 cm

depth: 40.0 cm

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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Urceus on the left side, patera on the right
Decoration Tags
  • Object / Patera
  • Object / Urceus

Verse Layouts

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

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Function other
Language(s)
  • Greek
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic rhythm
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

ΚΥΙΝΤΟΣΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ
ΜΙΛΗΤΟΣ
ΠΡΟΛΙΠΩΝΑΣΙΑΣΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΝ
ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑΝΠΟΛΙΝΑΓΝΗΝ
ΕΝΘΑΔΕΗΛΘΑΑΓΩΝΑΙΔΕΙΝ
5ΠΡΟΚΑΘΕΖΟΜΕΝΟΥΒΑΣΙ
ΛΕΥΟΝΤΙΣΕΒΗΡΩΚΑΙΠΟ
ΡΙΣΑΣΒΙΟΝΕΚΚΑΜΑΤΩΝ
ΙΔΙΩΝΤΑΥΤΑΕΠΟΙΗΣΑ
ΕΓΩΑΠΑΤΗΝΤΟΙΣ
10ΖΩΣΙΝΕΥΦΡΑΙΝΕΣΘΑΙ
ΦΙΛΟΙΕΙΣΛΑΒΥΡΙΝΘΟΝ
ΑΕΙΜΑΡΜΑΡΑΡΙΩΝ
ΤΟΓΕΝΟΣΣΩΖΕ
ΣΕΡΑΠΙ

15ΟΤΟΠΟΣΛΑΒΥΡΙΝΘΟΣ
Κύιντος Ἰούλιος
Μίλητος
προλιπὼν Ἀσίας Τρίπολιν
πατρίδαν πόλιν ἁγνήν
ἐνθάδε ἦλθα ἀγῶνα ἰδεῖν
5προκαθεζομένουβασι-
λεύοντι Σεβήρῳ καὶ πο-
ρίσας βίον ἐκ καμάτων
ἰδίων ταῦτα ἐποίησα
ἐγὼ ἀπάτην τοῖς
10ζῶσιν εὐφραίνεσθαι
φίλοι, εἰς λαβύρινθον
ἀεὶ μαρμαραρίων
τὸ γένος σῶζε
Σέραπι

15ὁ τόπος λαβύρινθος.
Κύιντος Ἰούλιος

Μίλητος προλιπὼν Ἀσίας Τρίπολιν πατρίδαν πόλιν ἁγνήν
ἐνθάδε ἦλθα ἀγῶνα ἰδεῖν προκαθεζομένουβασιλεύοντι Σεβήρῳ
καὶ πορίσας βίον ἐκ καμάτων ἰδίων
ταῦτα ἐποίησα ἐγὼ ἀπάτην τοῖς ζῶσιν
εὐφραίνεσθαι φίλοι, εἰς λαβύρινθον ἀεὶ
5μαρμαραρίων τὸ γένος σῶζε Σέραπι
ὁ τόπος λαβύρινθος.
Apparatus

l.5 reg., orig. προκαθεζομένου
l.10 reg., orig. εὐφραίνεσθαι

Text follows IGUR, checked with picture by A. Gangoly 2023.

Main Translation

Translation Ich, Kyintos Ioulios Miletos, zurückgelassen die Heimat Tripolis in Asia, die heilige Stadt, kam hierher zu sehen den Wettkampf, als herrschender Kaiser Severos war; und zustande gebracht das Leben aus eigenen Erschöpfungen, machte ich dies: Ein Wunderwerk für die Lebenden. Erfreut euch, Freunde, beim Labyrinth; immer schütze die Zunft der Marmorsteinmetze, o Serapis. Der Ort ist das Labyrinth.
Citation Alexander Gangoly

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameKyintos Ioulios Miletos
    GenderMale
    OriginForeign
    RoleDedicator

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Comment

Κύιντος Ἰούλιος Μίλητος came to the ludi saeculares in 204 (Robert) or the Capitolia (Strasser) to Rome.

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Created 2025-01-30, by Alexander Gangoly
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