Inscriptions: Invocation on a mosaic

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00443
Title	Invocation on a mosaic
Trismegistos-No.	202476

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Sabratha
Find Context	The inscription was found in the Regio II of the city of Sabratha, and it was inscribed on the floor of a house behind the Antonine Temple (insula 10, house G).
Latitude	32.805
Longitude	12.4854
Current Location	Sabratha, Sabratha Museum
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity	[{"coords": [32.805, 12.4854], "id": 443, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/443", "long_id": "MPL00443", "place": "Sabratha", "text": "Concesit fort[unam] michi tam gra[to] gratia inpro\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Invocation on a mosaic"}, {"coords": [32.8976, 13.1753], "id": 382, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/382", "long_id": "MPL00382", "place": "Oea", "text": "Liber Pater s[a]nctissime arcem [hanc q]ui\u0323 p\u0323ossi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://irt2021.inslib.kcl.ac.uk/images/wp0286.jpg", "title": "Votive inscription for Liber Pater"}, {"coords": [32.638, 14.2914], "id": 383, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/383", "long_id": "MPL00383", "place": "Leptis Magna", "text": "Iouigena Liber Pater uotum quod destinaueram Lari \u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://irt2021.inslib.kcl.ac.uk/images/wp0351.jpg", "title": "Dedication to Liber Pater"}, {"coords": [32.638, 14.2914], "id": 435, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/435", "long_id": "MPL00435", "place": "Leptis Magna", "text": "Sum Liber, Amorq(ue) deus et pulcher Apollo.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Dedication for an image of Liber Pater, Amor, and Apollo"}, {"coords": [32.638, 14.2914], "id": 436, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/436", "long_id": "MPL00436", "place": "Leptis Magna", "text": "\u0394\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03ba\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b9\u00b7 \u0395\u1f30\u03ba\u1f79\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c7\u03b1\u03bb\u03ba\u03b5\u1f79\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03ba\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03b8\u1f75\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf \u03c4\u1f75\u03bd\u03b4\u03b5\u03a3\u03b5\u03c1\u1f73\u03bd\u1ff3\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Honorific inscription on the base of a statue for Aurelius Sempronius Serenus Dulcitius"}, {"coords": [32.638, 14.2914], "id": 844, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/844", "long_id": "MPL00844", "place": "Leptis Magna", "text": "Sum Liber Amorq(ue) deus et pulcher Apollo", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Lepcis Magna \u2013 Al Khums (Africa Proconsularis) - HD018194"}, {"coords": [32.638, 14.2914], "id": 845, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/845", "long_id": "MPL00845", "place": "Leptis Magna", "text": "Iovigena Liber Pater votum quod destinaveram Lari \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Lepcis Magna \u2013 Al Khums (Africa Proconsularis) - HD018197"}, {"coords": [32.638, 14.2914], "id": 1057, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1057", "long_id": "MPL01057", "place": "Leptis Magna", "text": "[\u0394[---]] [\u039f[---]] [\u03a5[---]]\u0394[---] [\u039b[---]]\u039a\u03a4\u0395\u0391[---]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Lepcis Magna \u2013 Al Khums (Africa Proconsularis) - HD067618"}, {"coords": [32.9166, 12.1113], "id": 1829, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1829", "long_id": "MPL01829", "place": "Locri", "text": "\u03a0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u1f76 \u03a4\u039f\u039d [\u23d4 \u2015 \u23d4 \u2015 \u23d4 \u2015 \u23d1 \u23d1 \u2015 \u23d2]\u039b\u03bf\u03ba\u03c1\u1ff6\u03bd \u0394\u03ad\u03be\u03b1\u0323\u03bd\u0323\u03b4\u0323\u03c1\u0323\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from Locri - EDR163396"}, {"coords": [32.9166, 12.1113], "id": 1832, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1832", "long_id": "MPL01832", "place": "Locri", "text": "------[---]\u0395\u039f\u03a3\u03a4\u0397\u03a6\u0395\u03a3\u0323 [c. 8][\u0391\u03c3\u03ba\u03b9 \u039a]\u03b1\u03c4\u0323\u03b1\u03c2[\u03ba\u03b9] \u03a5\u03c3\u03c3\u03ba\u03b9\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from Locri - EDR163805"}]

Object Details

Object Type	mosaic
Material	mosaic
State of Preservation	fragmentary
Dimensions	width: 54.0 cm height: 45.0 cm depth: unknown
Letter Size in cm (min)	5.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	5.0
Execution Technique	written with mosaic tiles
Religion	Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	The mosaic emblema comprises an inscribed tabella ansata within a wreath.
Decoration Tags	Object / Laurel wreath

Verse Layouts

Text

Function	building / dedicatory inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Unclear rhythm
Rhythmisation	Mixed scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

CONCESITFORT[]
MICHITAMGRA[]
GRATIAINPROBIQV
IDPRODESQVOD
5MEAFATA[---]VA
DEOBOS[---]ATIS
PARC[---]ACEATIS

Concesit fort[unam]
michi tam gra[to]
gratia inprobi qu-
id prodes, quod
5mea fata [--- s]ua-
deo bos[---]atis
parcị[---]aceatis.

Concesit fort[unam] michi tam gra[to]
gratia inprobi quid prodes,
quod mea fata [---]
[s]uadeo bos[---]atis
parcị[---]aceatis.

Apparatus

l.1 reg., orig. Concesit
l.2 reg., orig. michi
l.3 reg., orig. inprobi

Text follows IRT.
l. 1-7: the poem may not appear as a clear meter because of its state of preservation.
l. 1: fort[una] CLEAfr.

Main Translation

Translation	The gratitude of a criminal yielded fortune to me who am so grateful; what benefit may you have? Because my fates [---], I persuade you (?) [---] sparing [---].
Citation	Team Mappola

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	375 AD
Date (To)	400 AD
Date (Criteria)	palaeography

Bibliography

IRT 00174
CLEAfr 02, 00007
J. Gómez Pallarés, Carmina Latina epigraphica musiva et depicta non Buecheleriana nec Zarkeriana. I, Minerva, 7 (1993), 165-222, spec. 175-176 🔗 link
D. Pikhaus, Répertoire des inscriptions latines versifiées de l'Afrique romaine (Ier– VIe siècles), Bruxelles 1994, 31 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link

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Editing History

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