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Identification

Reference as: MPL00390
Title Epitaph of Vibius Felix
Trismegistos-No. 202269

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Ammaedara
Find Context The inscription was found in the eastern part of a fort.
Latitude 35.5651
Longitude 8.45248
Current Location unknown
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type block
Material limestone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 26.5 cm

height: 27.0 cm

depth: unknown

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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceVerse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


HICVIBIVSFELIXSITEMPORA
LONGAFVISSENTFELIXEPVLI
COGNOMINEFORTEMNERIM
NAMSEPTEMSIMVLETVIGIN
5TIVIXIMVSANNOSNVNCQVO
NIAMPARCAERVMPVNTBRE
VEFILASORORESPATRISME
NTEPIAPARITERKARAQVE
SEPVLTVSHOCSITVSINTV
10MVLOFELIXINMORTEM
QVIESCO

Hic Vibius Felix si tempora
longa fuissent felix epuli(s)
cognomine fortem nerim.
Nam septem simul et vigin-
5ti viximus annos; nunc quo-
niam Parcae rumpunt bre-
ve fila sorores, patris me-
nte pia pariter karaque
sepultus hoc situs in tu-
10mulo felix in mortem
quiesco.

Hic Vibius Felix si tempora longa fuissent
felix epuli(s) cognomine fortem nerim.
Nam septem simul et viginti viximus annos;
nunc quoniam Parcae rumpunt breve fila sorores,
patris mente pia pariter karaque sepultus
hoc situs in tumulo felix in mortem quiesco.
Apparatus

Text follows CLEAfr-02, 00041.
ll. 1-2: tempora longa is a frequently used term (cfr. Ov. met. 4, 405; 5, 647; fast. 5, 501; trist. 4, 1, 86).

Main Translation

Translation Vibius Felix is buried here. Had my life been longer, I would have woven my fortune among the banquets, cheerful, according to my surname. For I lived twenty-seven years; now, since the sisters Parcae cut the thread of my life ahead of time, I rest, cheerful in my death, in this tomb, upon being buried thanks to the pious and dear thought of my father.
Citation Mirko Tasso

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameVibius Felix
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    OriginNative
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

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Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 175 AD
Date (To) 225 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography

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Editing History

Created 2026-03-11, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-05 14:11
  2. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-05 14:22
  3. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-05 14:33
  4. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-05 14:50
  5. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-05 14:52
  6. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-14 09:49
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-03 15:41
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-03 15:43
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-03 15:44
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-03 16:07
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-11 12:14
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