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Identification

Reference as: MPL00433
Title Epitaph of a young woman from Madauros
Trismegistos-No. 366174

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Madauros
Find Context The slab was discovered in 1921, on the wall of the long street which flanks the thermal baths. The inscription is broken in two parts. Between the lines 1 and 3 and under the line 4 there is a pair of semi-circular holes, probably due to the intention of transforming the slab in a covering for window.
Latitude 36.0776
Longitude 7.90229
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material unknown
State of Preservation fragmentary (only partially adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: 48.0 cm

height: 53.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.5
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.5
Execution Technique unknown
Religion Christian

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


FIDELISINPACESITACASTISSIMAVIRGO
[---]
TVMV[]VLTALVCEMATV[]APERENNI
ANNISVIGINTIQVINQPEREGITVITAPVELLA

Fidelis in pace sita castissima virgo.
[---]
Tumu[lo sep]ulta, luce matu[rat]a perenni,
annis viginti quinq(ue) peregit vita puella.

Fidelis in pace sita castissima virgo. [---]
Tumu[lo sep]ulta, luce matu[rat]a perenni,
annis viginti quinq(ue) peregit vita puella.
Apparatus

Text follows CLEAfrique.

Main Translation

Translation This absolutely chaste maiden is buried here, in the peace of a proved faith. The young girl, inhumed in this tomb, but bloomed in the eternal light, lived twenty-five years.
Citation Team Mappola

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Prosopographical Information

  • GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Non-canonical]
    RoleDedicatee

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 2026-08-18, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-11 15:36
  2. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-11 15:43
  3. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-12 11:14
  4. by Mirko Tasso
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  7. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-12 11:17
  8. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-12 11:30
  9. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-12 14:42
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-10 10:42
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-10 12:33
  12. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-11 12:55
  13. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-18 11:35
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