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Reference as: MPL00446
Title Funerary inscription by Furius
Trismegistos-No. 460780

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Augusta Treverorum
Find Context According to Brewer, the piece was excavated in 1522 in the old cemetery of St. Eucarius; the land already occupied by the monastery of St. Matthias.
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Current Location Lost
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Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

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Material
State of Preservation
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

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Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    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


QVIDOLETINTERITVMMENTEMSOLETVRAMORE
TOLLEREMORSVITAMPOTVITPOSTFATASVPERSTES
FAMAVIGETPERIITCORPVSSEDNOMENINOREEST
VIVITLAVDATVRLEGITVRCELEBRATVRAMATVR
5NVNCIVSAVGVSTIVELOXPEDECVRSOR[---]
CVILATIAEGENTISNOMENPATRIAEQVESABINVS
OCRVDELENEFASTVLITHICSINECRIMINEMORTEM
DAMNATVSPERIITDECEPTVSFRAVDELATRONVM
NILSCELVSEGISTIFAMAESTQVAENESCITOBIRE
10POSVITFVRIVS

Qui dolet interitum, mentem soletur amore,
tollere mors vitam potuit, post fata superstes
fama viget, periit corpus, sed nomen in ore est,
vivit, laudatur, legitur, celebratur, amatur,
5nuncius Augusti, velox pede cursor [---]
cui Latiae gentis nomen, patriaeque Sabinus.
o crudele nefas, tulit hic sine crimine mortem.
damnatus periit, deceptus fraude latronum.
ni(hi)l scelus egisti, fama est quae nescit obire.
10posuit Furius.

Qui dolet interitum, mentem soletur amore,
tollere mors vitam potuit, post fata superstes
fama viget, periit corpus, sed nomen in ore est,
vivit, laudatur, legitur, celebratur, amatur,
nuncius Augusti, velox pede cursor [---]
cui Latiae gentis nomen, patriaeque Sabinus.
o crudele nefas, tulit hic sine crimine mortem.
damnatus periit, deceptus fraude latronum.
ni(hi)l scelus egisti, fama est quae nescit obire.
posuit Furius.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL

Main Translation

Translation Quien se duele por una muerte, que consuele su mente con el amor. La muerte pudo acabar con la vida, pero más allá de ese destino la fama que le sobrevive florece. Pereció el cuerpo, pero su nombre está en boca de todos. Vive, es alabado, leído, celebrado y amado el mensajero de Augusto, el correo de veloces pies [...] que tiene nombre de origen latino y que es sabino de ascendencia. ¡Oh cruel desgracia! Este encontró la muerte sin culpa alguna y falleció condenado y engañado por los engaños de unos bandidos. Nada has logrado, criminal, la fama es la que no puede morir. Lo puso Furio
Citation V. González Berdús, Carmina Latina Epigraphica de la Galia Bélgica, 50, no. 7.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameFurius
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From)
Date (To) 399 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Victoria González Berdús
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Revisions
  1. by Victoria González Berdús
    at 2023-10-02 16:13
  2. by Victoria González Berdús
    at 2023-10-02 16:18
  3. by Victoria González Berdús
    at 2023-10-02 17:23
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-24 13:12
  5. by Anna Pokorny
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    at 2025-02-24 15:27
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-25 18:08
  12. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-26 12:22
  13. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-26 12:50
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