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Identification

Reference as: MPL00414
Title Mosaic inscription with the god Ocean and the Nereids
Trismegistos-No. 336916

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Sitifis
Find Context The inscription was found in 1852, around 8 km far from Sétif. It is from a thermal complex.
Latitude 36.1921
Longitude 5.40418
Current Location Algiers, Musée des Antiquités
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type mosaic
Material mosaic
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique written with mosaic tiles
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Above the inscription it is possible to see the head of the god Ocean, and on his sides also four Nereides riding some marine animals. The figures and the carmen underneath are set within a meander.
Decoration Tags
  • God / Ocean

Verse Layouts

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

Text

Function building / dedicatory inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


INVIDASIDEREORVMPANTVRPECTORAVISVCEDATETINNOSTRIS
LINGVAPROTERVALOCISHOCSTVDIOSVPERAMVSAVOSGRATVMQVE
RENIDETAEDIBVSINNOSTRISSVMMVSAPEXOPERISFELICITER

Invida sidereo rumpantur pectora visu cedat et in nostris
lingua proterva locis. Hoc studio superamus avos gratumque
renidet aedibus in nostris summus apex operis. Feliciter.

Invida sidereo rumpantur pectora visu
cedat et in nostris lingua proterva locis.
Hoc studio superamus avos gratumque renidet
aedibus in nostris summus apex operis. Feliciter.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL.
l. 1: Invida sidereo rumpantur pectora, cfr. Verg. ecl. 7, 26 (invida rumpantur ut ilia Codro).
l. 2: lingua proterva, cfr. Ov. Ib. 520.

Main Translation

Translation May the envious hearts perish in front of such a divine sight, and may insolent tongues cease to murmur in our places. In dedication we overcome our forefathers, and, with our pleasure, the maximum vertex of our work shines in our dwelling. May it be of good omen.
Citation Mirko Tasso

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Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 401 AD
Date (To) 500 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology

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Editing History

Created 2026-03-09, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Complete
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Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 08:31
  2. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 08:38
  3. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 08:48
  4. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 08:57
  5. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 09:01
  6. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 09:11
  7. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-13 12:55
  8. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-13 13:06
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 13:01
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 13:02
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-09 11:40
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-09 11:42
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