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Identification

Reference as: MPL00400
Title The inscription from the beni Aïcha hill
Trismegistos-No. 337387

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place beni Aïcha hill
Find Context Before being lost, the stone was "encore en place sur la clé de voûte de lìentrée du bâtiment" (Hamdoune 2016, p. 178).
Latitude 36.7245
Longitude 3.55632
Current Location Lost
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type architrave
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 4.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 5.0
Execution Technique incised
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Object / Tabula ansata

Verse Layouts

Text

Function building / dedicatory inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Unclear rhythm
Rhythmisation Mixed scheme

Inscription & Translations


SPESIN[---]EI
PERTENV[---]EL
ISTAVIDEMVS
FIRMEPOSSIDEAS
5CVMTVISBB

Spes in [---]ei
Per te, Nu[---]el
ista videmus
Firme possideas
5cum tuis. B(onis) b(ene).

Spes in [---]ei Per te, Nu[---]el ista videmus
Firme possideas cum tuis. B(onis) b(ene).
Apparatus

Text follows Hamdoune 2016, 178-179.
l. 1: Spes in [nomine Dei] Hamdoune 2016, 179.
l. 2: Nu[b?]el Gsell 1903, 28-29; Monceaux 1906, 139; Hamdoune 2016, 179, ENG 272, ILCV 41 and CLE 2187.
l. 4: Firme can be an adverb or a vocative; if vocative, perhaps we read the name of the same son of Nubel, namely Firmus.

Main Translation

Translation Our hopes lie on the name of God! We admire this fort thanks to you, Nubel. May you possess it firmly with yours (or: may you, Firmus, possess it with yours). May everything go well to those who are honest.
Citation Mirko Tasso

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameFlavius Nubel
    GenderMale
    OriginNative
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameFirmus
    GenderMale
    OriginNative
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 350 AD
Date (To) 375 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • names

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Editing History

Created 2026-03-06, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-06 10:27
  2. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-06 10:44
  3. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-06 11:07
  4. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-13 15:05
  5. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-13 15:07
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 10:23
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 10:24
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 11:04
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-06 11:53
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