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Identification

Reference as: MPL00475
Title Carmen dedicated to Marcus Porcius
Trismegistos-No. 223467

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Obulco
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Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Porcuna (Jaén), Museo Arqueológico Municipal
Inventory number
Current Location Details Sala 2ª
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 40.5 cm

height: 29.5 cm

depth: 10.5 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 5.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Object / urn

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

MPORCIVSM[---]

HEREDIBVSMANDOETIAMCINEREVTM[]
VOLITETMEVSEBRIVSPAPILIOIPSAOSSATEGANTHE[---]
SIQVISTITVLVMADMEINOMINISASTITERITDICAT[]
5AVIDVSIGNISQVODCORPORERESOLVTOSEVERTITINFA[]
M(arcus) Porcius M(arci) [f(ilius) ---]

Heredibus mando etiam cinere ut m[eo vina subspargant ut super eum]
volitet meus ebrius papilio ipsa ossa tegant he[rbae ---]
Si quis titulum ad mei nominis astiterit, dicat [id quod reliquit]
5avidus ignis quod corpore resoluto se vertit in fa[villam bene quiescat].
M(arcus) Porcius M(arci) [f(ilius) ---]

Heredibus mando etiam cinere ut m[eo vina subspargant ut super eum]
volitet meus ebrius papilio ipsa ossa tegant he[rbae ---]
Si quis titulum ad mei nominis astiterit, dicat [id quod reliquit]
avidus ignis quod corpore resoluto se vertit in fa[villam bene quiescat].
Apparatus

Text follows CLEO.

Main Translation

Translation “Marcus Porcius, son of Marcus... I also order my heirs to sprinkle my ashes with wine, so that my drunken spirit may flutter over it like a butterfly. May the grass cover my bones. Should any halt before the epitaph bearing my name, let him say: ‘what the hungry fire has left —once the body has dissolved— and transformed into embers, let it rest well’”.
Citation Victoria González Berdús

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameMarcus Porcius
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Entry by: Antonio Niculae

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 30 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography
  • names

Bibliography

Images

  • Source: CLEO Autor de la foto: J. Del Hoyo Calleja

Editing History

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