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Identification

Reference as: MPL00411
Title Altar to Phoebus
Trismegistos-No. 337394

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Auzia
Find Context The inscription was found around 10 km SE of Auzia.
Latitude 36.1444
Longitude 3.69127
Current Location Lost
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type altar
Material unknown
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: 90.0 cm

height: 65.0 cm

depth: 25.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 6.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.0
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 dedication / votive inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


SVMPTIBVSEPROPRIISFELIX
CALVVSQVEGRATANTES
HANCARAMSTATVEREDEO
[]ANCTISSIMOPHOEBOTEMPO
5REQVOPATRIAEFASCES
[]SACRATOS
[---]CITER

Sumptibus e propriis Felix
Calvusque gratantes
hanc aram statuere deo
[S]anctissimo Phoebo, tempo-
5re quo patriae fasces
[gessere] sacratos.
[---]citer.

Sumptibus e propriis Felix Calvusque gratantes
hanc aram statuere deo [S]anctissimo Phoebo,
tempore quo patriae fasces [gessere] sacratos.
[---]citer.
Apparatus

Text follows CLE 261.
l. 6: [gessere] sacratos in CLE 261; [habuere] in CIL 8, 9019.

Main Translation

Translation At their own exprenses Felix and Calvus gratefully decided to dedicate this altar to the most holy god Phoebus, in the time in which they carried the consecrated fasces of the homeland. May it be of good omen.
Citation Team Mappola

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameFelix
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [precision: high]
    OriginNative
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RankOrdo municipalis
    ProfessionImperial and municipal staff
    RoleDedicator
  • NameCalvus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [precision: high]
    OriginNative
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RankOrdo municipalis
    ProfessionImperial and municipal staff
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 275 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae

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Editing History

Created 2026-03-11, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Complete
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Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-07 14:22
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    at 2024-03-01 16:59
  12. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 11:07
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    at 2026-03-06 11:08
  14. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 11:08
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    at 2026-03-09 11:26
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