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Identification

Reference as: MPL00470
Title Urn lid for a gladiator
Trismegistos-No. 184107

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Salona
Find Context Found on the field of Giovanni Mikelić north to the amphitheatre of Salona in 1890 (EAOR IX, 9).
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number 1594A
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type urn
Material limestone
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: 57.4 cm

height: 21.3 cm

depth: 41.9 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.6
Letter Size in cm (max) 5.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Because of the decoration one can assume, that the gladiator, that lies here, was a retiarius (Sanader, 2001, 24).
Decoration Tags
  • Object / dagger
  • Object / net
  • Object / trident

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Centered
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Right aligned
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partyes
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate words - Interpunction

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic rhythm
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

DM

HAECVIATALPVLVERA(scil. HABET)
D(is) M(anibus)

Haec via tal(ia) pulvera (scil. habet)
D(is) M(anibus)

Haec via tal(ia) pulvera (scil. habet)
Apparatus

Text follows EAOR 09, 00009. Checked on photo and adapted by E. Kunz, 2024
l. 2: CLE 2222 and CIL 03, 13062 show different transcriptions of this inscription. It is possible, that the verse continues on the sarcophagus, that is lost today.
l. 2: haec via tale pulver habet CLE

Main Translation

Translation To the Gods of the Underworld. This path is very dusty.
Citation Eric Kunz

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Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 51 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • formulae
  • palaeography

Bibliography

Images

  • Urn lid for a gladiator

    Urn lid for a gladiator

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split; photo: Chiara Cenati

Editing History

Created 2025-03-29, by Eric Andreas Kunz
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