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Inscriptions: Moralising maxim on a communal table at Hippo Regius

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Identification

Reference as: MPL00441
Title Moralising maxim on a communal table at Hippo Regius
Trismegistos-No. 361950

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Hippo Regius
Find Context The inscription, now lost, was probably commissioned by Augustine and attached to a table (or written on the wall of the dining hall?) of the episcopium.
Latitude 36.8825
Longitude 7.75127
Current Location Lost
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Object Details

Object Type unknown
Material unknown
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 incised
Religion Christian

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Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes

Text

Function other
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


QVISQVISAMATDICTISABSENTVMRODEREVITAM
HANCMENSAMINDIGNAMNOVERITESSESIBI

Quisquis amat dictis absentum rodere vitam,
hanc mensam indignam noverit esse sibi.

Quisquis amat dictis absentum rodere vitam,
   hanc mensam indignam noverit esse sibi.
Apparatus

Text follows CLE 2861.
v. 1: absentum rodere vitam, cfr. Or. sat. 1, 4, 81 (absentem qui rodit amicum).

Main Translation

Translation Whoever takes pleasure in belittling the lives of absentees shall know that this table does not deserve them.
Citation Team MAPPOLA

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Comment

Cf. also Zarker 116 = ILJug 1980 = CLE 2686.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 395 AD
Date (To) 430 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history

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Editing History

Created 2024-03-01, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Confirmed
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  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-15 10:11
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  7. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-03-01 09:57
  8. by Peter Kruschwitz
    at 2024-03-01 12:17
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    at 2024-03-01 17:06
  10. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-03-01 17:06
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