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Identification

Reference as: MPL00417
Title Funerary inscription for Victor
Trismegistos-No. 336324

Object

Provenance and Location

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Find Context The inscription was found "dans la partie du champ de manoeuvres qui touche au parc à fourrages de l'administration militaire" (CIL 08, p. 728).
Latitude 36.1921
Longitude 5.40418
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details "In hortis publicis" (CIL 08, p. 728). The location is confirmed by Hamdoune 2011, p. 230.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 69.0 cm

height: 36.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.5
Letter Size in cm (max) 4.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
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Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Iambic senarius
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


VICTORISBIARCIPATRIS
PIETASETDOLOR
VICTORIFILIODVL
CISSIMOQVIVIXITAN
5IIIIIMIIIIIDXIIIETDKOCTANP
CCXCVIII

Victoris biarci patris
pietas et dolor.
Victori filio dul-
cissimo, qui vixit an(nos)
5IIIII, m(enses) IIIII, d(ies) XIII et d(ecessit) K(alendis) Oct(obribus) an(no) p(rovinciae)
CCXCVIII.

Victoris biarci patris pietas et dolor.
Victori filio dulcissimo, qui vixit an(nos) IIIII, m(enses) IIIII, d(ies) XIII et d(ecessit) K(alendis) Oct(obribus) an(no) p(rovinciae) CCXCVIII.
Apparatus

l.1 biarci orig., reg. biarchi

Text follows CLEAfrique.

Main Translation

Translation Pity and grief of the father Victor, biarchus. To Victor, most beloved son, who lived five years, five months, and thirteen days, and who passed away on the kalends of October, in the provincial year 298.
Citation Mirko Tasso

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameVictor
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [precision: high]
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicator
  • NameVictor
    GenderMale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee

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Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 327 AD
Date (To) 327 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae

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Editing History

Created 2026-08-18, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 11:55
  2. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 12:04
  3. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 12:06
  4. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-13 12:40
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 13:22
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 13:23
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 13:24
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 13:33
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-09 11:47
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-09 11:49
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-11 12:37
  12. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-18 10:58
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