Inscriptions: Apotropaic inscription from Cululis Theodoriana
Identification
| Reference as: | MPL00425 |
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| Title | Apotropaic inscription from Cululis Theodoriana |
| Trismegistos-No. | 2000016 |
Object
Provenance and Location
| Find Place | Cululis Theodoriana |
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| Find Context | The inscription was part of a mosaic floor of a Roman dwelling. |
| Latitude | 35.7984 |
| Longitude | 9.804 |
| Current Location | Sousse, Musée Archéologique de Sousse |
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Object Details
| Object Type | mosaic |
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| 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 | "Pavimento dove viene rappresentata la discussione tra Atena e Posidone (Minerva e Nettuno) per il dominio dell’Attica, con la figura alata di Niké che osserva e, forse, per la sua posizione centrale, che arbitra e giudica, e un rettangolo superiore" (J. Gómez Pallarès 2000, 306). |
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Verse Layouts
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Prose Verse Presence Verse + Prose Scriptio Continua in verse part no Abbreviations in verse part no Verse Line Correspondence No, but follows metrical subdivisions
Text
| Function | apotropaic inscription |
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| Rhythmisation | Mixed scheme |
Inscription & Translations
Invide livide titula ta-
nta quem adseveraba-
s
Invide livide titula tanta quem adseverabas
fieri non posse perfecte sunt D(ominis) n(ostris) s(umptibu)s, minima ne contemnas.
Apparatus
l.2 reg., orig. quem
l.3 reg., orig. perfe cte
Text follows CLEAfr.
Main Translation
| Translation | O envious, such a great monument, which you enviously kept on saying that never would have realized, was finally accomplished. This was at the expenses of our lords. So, do not despise it! |
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| Citation | Team Mappola |
Other Translations
- Invidioso, pallido, tutti questi onori che tu giuravi che non potevano essere eseguiti, sono stati finiti. Fatto alle spese dei nostri signori (?). Con la volontà che ci danneggi il minimo.” (Italian, J. Gómez Pallarès 2000)
- O invidioso maligno, sono state portate a termine le grandi opere che tu continuavi a ripetere che sarebbero state impossibili. Sia buona salute ai nostri signori; non mostrare il tuo disprezzo. (Italian, Tasso 2024)
Prosopographical Information
Further Information
Comment
Squeeze
| Have Squeeze? | no |
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Dating
| Date (From) | 301 AD |
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| Date (To) | 350 AD |
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Bibliography
- CIL 08, 23131
- CLEAfr 00080
- CLE 02799
- AE 1906, 00037
- AE 1954, 00258
- AE 2012, 01819
- A. Merlin, Mosaïque africaine représentant le jugement entre Minerve et Neptune, CRAI 51 (1907), 801-803. 🔗 link
- D. Pikhaus, Répertoire des inscriptions latines versifiées de l'Afrique romaine (Ier– VIe siècles), Bruxelles 1994, 37. 🔗 link
- J. Gómez Pallarès, Nuove e vecchie interpretazioni d'iscrizioni latine su mosaico nordafricane, ZPE 129 (2000), 304-310. 🔗 link
- P. Cugusi, "Invidia" e "coppa d'amore". Due temi presenti nei carmi epigrafici, 86-87 🔗 link
- HD021710 🔗 link
- M. Tasso, Dio, gli dèi e il divino: religione, credenza e identità nelle iscrizioni versificate del Nord Africa romano, Wien 2024, 380, 24. 🔗 link
- MQDQ 🔗 link
Images
Editing History
| Created | 2026-03-11, by Mirko Tasso |
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| Work Status | Complete |
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