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Identification

Reference as: MPL00425
Title Apotropaic inscription from Cululis Theodoriana
Trismegistos-No. 2000016

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Cululis Theodoriana
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
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 "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).
Decoration Tags
  • God / Poseidon, Neptunus

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceVerse + Prose
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


INVIDELIVIDETITVLATA
NTAQVEMADSEVERABA
S
FIERINONPOSSEPERFE
CTESVNTDNSSMI5NIMANECONTEMNAS

Invide livide titula ta-
nta quem adseveraba-
s
-
fieri non posse perfe-
cte sunt D(ominis) n(ostris) s(umptibu)s, mi5nima ne contemnas.

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!
Citation Team Mappola

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Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 301 AD
Date (To) 350 AD
Date (Criteria)

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Editing History

Created 2026-03-11, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
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