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Identification

Reference as: MPL00421
Title Mosaic with an apotropaic inscription
Trismegistos-No. 20529

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Lambaesis
Find Context
Latitude 35.4897
Longitude 6.25484
Current Location unknown
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 Unknown

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography The inscription is situated at the centre of a medallion.
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


IN
VIDEVIV
[]ETVID
EETPOSSIS
5PLVRAVIDERE

In-
vide viv-
[e] et vid-
e et possis
5plura videre.
Invide viv[e] et vide et possis plura videre.
Apparatus

Text follows CLE 2840.
The text scans as a hexameter, but the vi- of vide has been scanned as a long syllable rather than a short one – a known irregularity in African Latin.

Main Translation

Translation O envious man, live and see and you might be able to see even more.
Citation Team MAPPOLA

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Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 350 AD
Date (To) 420 AD
Date (Criteria)

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Complete
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Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 14:10
  2. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 14:15
  3. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 14:19
  4. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-13 10:42
  5. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-03-01 11:35
  6. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-03-01 11:36
  7. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-03-01 11:38
  8. by Peter Kruschwitz
    at 2024-03-01 13:44
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