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Identification

Reference as: MPL00418
Title Funerary inscription for Secundus
Trismegistos-No. 204088

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Sitifis
Find Context The epitaph was found east of Sétif.
Latitude 36.1921
Longitude 5.40418
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material limestone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 70.0 cm

height: 70.0 cm

depth: 14.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 4.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 5.0
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 CorrespondenceYes

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


SIPARVIVENDIREPARATVRGRATIAMANES
ENQVIPERHELYSIOSHABEATMETACVLACAMPOS
CVIPATERASVPERISMVLTOSCVMPOSCERETANNOS
VLTERIVSFATAVETVERVNTVOTAPARENTIS
5NAMVIGINTIPVERVIXITLAVDABILISANNIS
DEPRIMOMENSEMRAPVITSORSIMPIAFATI
VTTAMENAGNOSCASQVISHACREQVIESCATINVRNA
SVMMATIMVERSVSCONSIDERASEDCAPITATIM

Si par vivendi reparatur gratia, Manes,
En qui per Helysios habeat metacula campos.
Cui pater a superis multos cum posceret annos.
Vlterius fata vetuerunt vota parentis
5Nam viginti puer vixit laudabilis annis
De primo mensem rapuit sors impia Fati.
Vt tamen agnoscas quis hac requiescat in urna
Summatim versus considera sed capitatim.

Si par vivendi reparatur gratia, Manes,
En qui per Helysios habeat metacula campos.
Cui pater a superis multos cum posceret annos.
Vlterius fata vetuerunt vota parentis
Nam viginti puer vixit laudabilis annis
De primo mensem rapuit sors impia Fati.
Vt tamen agnoscas quis hac requiescat in urna
Summatim versus considera sed capitatim.
Apparatus

Text follows CLEAfrique.
ll. 1-8: the name SECVNDVS can be read in the acrostic.

Main Translation

Translation O Manes, whether favours are allotted according to the life of a person, here there is a man who deserves to tread on the Elysian Fields. And although his father begged the gods to grant him a long life, the destiny opposed the vows of the parent; for the praiseworthy boy lived twenty years: the cruel Fate caught him on the first month of his twenty-first year. Nonetheless, so that you recognize the man who rests in this urn, examine the verses as a whole, but focus on the initials.
Citation Mirko Tasso

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameSecundus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 301 AD
Date (To) 400 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography

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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 12:13
  2. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 12:43
  3. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 12:45
  4. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 13:06
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  6. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 13:14
  7. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-13 11:18
  8. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-13 11:28
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 13:41
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 13:52
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 13:52
  12. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-06 13:54
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-09 11:55
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-09 11:59
  15. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-09 12:00
  16. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-10 13:40
  17. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-10 13:53
  18. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-11 12:39
  19. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-18 11:01
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