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Identification

Reference as: MPL00422
Title Mosaic with an apotropaic inscription
Trismegistos-No. 205583

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Lambiridi
Find Context
Latitude 35.5038
Longitude 6.0773
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 Unknown

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography The mosaic with the inscription comprises "quatre cercles de différents dessins et de diverses couleurs avec sorte de croix noire au milieu, entourée d'un carré blanc ou jaune, puis d'un cercle de ton noir. Les motifs situes à gauche sont symétriques avec ceux de droite" (Ballu 1919, 159). The inscription is situated in the mosaic's central panel.
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Text

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

Inscription & Translations


INVIDE
VIVEETVID
EVTPOSSIS
PLVRAVI
5DERE

Invide
vive et vid-
e, ut possis
plura vi-
5dere.
Invide vive et vide, ut possis plura videre.
Apparatus

Text follows CLE 2843.
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, so that you can see even more.
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Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 301 AD
Date (To) 400 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • formulae

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Editing History

Created 2024-03-01, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 14:28
  2. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 14:33
  3. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-08 14:34
  4. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-13 10:12
  5. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-13 10:13
  6. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-13 10:31
  7. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-03-01 11:25
  8. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-03-01 11:31
  9. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-03-01 11:45
  10. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-03-01 12:05
  11. by Peter Kruschwitz
    at 2024-03-01 13:23
  12. by Peter Kruschwitz
    at 2024-03-01 13:24
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