Inscriptions: Mosaic inscription about some work of rearrangement in Tipasa

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00405
Title	Mosaic inscription about some work of rearrangement in Tipasa
Trismegistos-No.	669639

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Tipasa
Find Context	The floor mosaic belonged to the vestibule anterior to an apse room of a dwelling. The inscription finds itself on the central frame of the mosaic.
Latitude	36.5942
Longitude	2.44192
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity	[{"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 405, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/405", "long_id": "MPL00405", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Qui potuit cunctos operum superare labores explici\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Mosaic inscription about some work of rearrangement in Tipasa"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 210, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/210", "long_id": "MPL00210", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Hic iacet egregia meritis et gratia morum, nobilis\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$ER_CLE_01836.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for Astania"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 388, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/388", "long_id": "MPL00388", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Si quis ut vivat quaerit addisc-cere semper, hic l\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$EDCS-26500017.jpg", "title": "Mosaic inscription from a baptistery "}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 391, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/391", "long_id": "MPL00391", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Vivite felices quibu[s] haec sunt condita tecta, s\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Didactic mosaic from Tipasa"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 397, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/397", "long_id": "MPL00397", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Resurrectionem carnis futuram esse qui credit. Ang\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Mosaic inscription on the Resurrection"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 398, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/398", "long_id": "MPL00398", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Quisquis es Christianus ad sublimia vere qui tendi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Mosaic inscription on the importance of charity"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 399, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/399", "long_id": "MPL00399", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Suscipit eximium sublimis regia caeli Basilium mer\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of Basilius"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 403, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/403", "long_id": "MPL00403", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Alexander episcopu[s l]egibus ipsis altaribus natu\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of the bishop Alexander"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 412, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/412", "long_id": "MPL00412", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "\u039c\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03ce\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03ae\u03bd\u03b4\u1fbd(\u03b5)\u03b9-\u03c3\u03bf\u03c1\u1fb7\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f14\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd \u03b3-\u03bd\u03af[\u03c3]\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Maxima"}, {"coords": [36.5942, 2.44192], "id": 798, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/798", "long_id": "MPL00798", "place": "Tipasa", "text": "Alto labsa loco, casu defuncta nefando. Primis rap\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$JL_AE_1982_00984.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of Fidentia by her father Fidentius"}, {"coords": [36.7245, 3.55632], "id": 400, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/400", "long_id": "MPL00400", "place": "beni A\u00efcha hill", "text": "Spes in [---]ei Per te, Nu[---]el ista videmus Fir\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "The inscription from the beni A\u00efcha hill"}, {"coords": [36.241, 1.64184], "id": 406, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/406", "long_id": "MPL00406", "place": "Tigava", "text": "Memorie Aurelie Tistciae, qui istitit sepultura. E\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of Aurelia Tistcia"}, {"coords": [36.1444, 3.69127], "id": 411, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/411", "long_id": "MPL00411", "place": "Auzia", "text": "Sumptibus e propriis Felix Calvusque gratantes han\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Altar to Phoebus"}, {"coords": [36.6073, 2.18683], "id": 807, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/807", "long_id": "MPL00807", "place": "Caesarea", "text": "Iuliae reg\u0323[is [---] l(ibertae) Calloni] C(aius) I\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://ccj-epicherchel.huma-num.fr/interface/phototheque/125/112988_det.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of Iulia Callo by her husband C.Iulius, freedwoman and freedman of king Juba"}, {"coords": [36.6073, 2.18683], "id": 808, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/808", "long_id": "MPL00808", "place": "Caesarea", "text": "[Hic eg]o quae iaceo fatis sum rapta sinistris. [S\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$AE_1985_00958.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of an unknown girl from Caesarea"}, {"coords": [36.6073, 2.18683], "id": 809, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/809", "long_id": "MPL00809", "place": "Caesarea", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069] n(um) X [---] dolere nol\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Caesarea \u2013 Cherchell (Mauretania Caesariensis) - HD002885"}, {"coords": [36.6073, 2.18683], "id": 2239, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2239", "long_id": "MPL02239", "place": "Caesarea", "text": "Salvius. Duo. Bis denos vitae qu[i compleverat\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://books.openedition.org/efr/file/3201/tei/img-2.jpg/download/1500", "title": "Epitaph of the slave Salvius"}, {"coords": [36.6073, 2.18683], "id": 2244, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2244", "long_id": "MPL02244", "place": "Caesarea", "text": "Philo, L(uci) Vibi Secundi vern(a). Vibius Gemellu\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of the verna Philo by his father Vibius Gemellus"}, {"coords": [36.2964, 3.66993], "id": 855, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/855", "long_id": "MPL00855", "place": "A\u00efn-Bessem", "text": "Balnea rura domus fec[it C]onstantius auctor et fe\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from A\u00efn-Bessem, bei (Mauretania Caesariensis) - HD023151"}]

Object Details

Object Type	mosaic
Material	mosaic
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 194.0 cm height: 77.0 cm depth: unknown
Letter Size in cm (min)	15.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	15.0
Execution Technique	written with mosaic tiles
Religion	Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	The text can be read on the central frame of the mosaic, laurel leaves are visible both above and under the inscriptions.
Decoration Tags	Plant / Laurel leaves

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part no
Abbreviations in verse part no
Verse Line Correspondence Yes

Prose Verse Presence	Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	Yes

Text

Function	building / dedicatory inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

QVIPOTVITCVNCTOSOPERVMSVPERARELABORES
EXPLICITAMQDOMVMVARIISORNARETESELLIS
X VTIMMENSVMCONIVNGERETAEDIBVSAMPLIS
MOXSVMETLAETVSDEBITAMCVMLAVDE[]
5NOMINISVTCOMPOSMANEATPREMIVMQREPORTET

Qui potuit cunctos operum superare labores
explicitamq(ue) domum variis ornare tesellis
((X)) ut immensum coniungeret aedibus amplis
mox sumet laetus debitam cum laude [coronam]
5nominis ut compos maneat premiumq(ue) reportet.

Apparatus

Text follows Hamdoune 2016, 195.
l. 1: cfr. Verg. Aen. 3, 368 (quidve sequens tantos possim superare labores?).
l. 3: X probably stands for Christ.
l. 4: perhaps the symbol of a crown was engraved at the end of this line replacing the word "coronam" as a part of the verse (cfr. Hamdoune 2016, 199).

Main Translation

Translation	He who was able to overcome all obstacles of this work, and decorate an ample dwelling with various mosaic tiles, in order to arrange the immensity of Christ with the largeness of the house, he, cheerfully, will soon receive the deserved crown with the praise, so that he will keep his fame and obtain his award.
Citation	Mirko Tasso

Other Translations

Colui che è riuscito a superare tutte le difficoltà di questo lavoro e decorare una grande casa con variegati mosaici, al fine di associare l’immensità di Cristo alla vasta dimora, presto riceverà, lieto, la corona a lui dovuta, insieme alle lodi, di modo tale da rimanere proprietario del suo nome e riportare il premio. (Italian, Tasso 2024)

Prosopographical Information

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	350 AD
Date (To)	430 AD
Date (Criteria)	names

Bibliography

CLEAfr 02, 00187 🔗 link
C. Hamdoune, Parure monumentale et paysage dans la poésie épigraphique de l'Afrique romaine: Recueil de carmina latina epigraphica, Bordeaux 2016, 195-200 🔗 link
E. Albertini, Mosaïque à inscription, découverte à Tipasa, CRAI, 64 (1920), 387-391 🔗 link
M. Tasso, Dio, gli dèi e il divino: religione, credenza e identità nelle iscrizioni versificate del Nord Africa romano, Wien 2024, 460f, 26. 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2026-08-18, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status	Complete
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Revisions

by Mirko Tasso
at 2023-09-06 15:53
by Mirko Tasso
at 2023-09-06 16:13
by Mirko Tasso
at 2023-09-06 16:14
by Mirko Tasso
at 2023-09-13 14:12
by Anna Pokorny
at 2026-03-06 10:47
by Anna Pokorny
at 2026-03-06 10:49
by Anna Pokorny
at 2026-03-06 11:03
by Chiara Cenati
at 2026-03-06 12:07
by Chiara Cenati
at 2026-03-09 12:03
by Anna Pokorny
at 2026-03-11 12:30
by Anna Martelli
at 2026-08-18 09:54

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