Inscriptions: Carmen dedicated to Marcus Porcius
Identification
| Reference as: | MPL00475 |
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| Title | Carmen dedicated to Marcus Porcius |
| Trismegistos-No. | 223467 |
Object
Provenance and Location
| Find Place | Obulco |
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| Find Context | |
| Latitude | 0.0 |
| Longitude | 0.0 |
| Current Location | Porcuna (Jaén), Museo Arqueológico Municipal |
| Inventory number | |
| Current Location Details | Sala 2ª |
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Object Details
| Object Type | slab |
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| 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 |
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Decoration
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Verse Layouts
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Prose Verse Presence Praescriptum + carmen Prose Verse Distinction - Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
Scriptio Continua in verse part no Abbreviations in verse part no
Text
| Function | funerary inscription |
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Inscription & Translations
HEREDIBVSMANDOETIAMCINEREVTM[]
VOLITETMEVSEBRIVSPAPILIOIPSAOSSATEGANTHE[---]
SIQVISTITVLVMADMEINOMINISASTITERITDICAT[]
5AVIDVSIGNISQVODCORPORERESOLVTOSEVERTITINFA[]
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’”. |
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| Citation | Victoria González Berdús |
Other Translations
- Marco Porcio, hijo de Marco [---] Ordeno también a los herederos que rocíen con vino mis cenizas, para que sobre él revolotee, como mariposa, mi espíritu ebrio. Que las hierbas cubran mis huesos. Si alguien se detiene ante el epitafio de mi nombre, diga: ‘aquello que dejó el voraz fuego que -una vez disuelto el cuerpo- lo transformó en pavesas, descanse felizmente’. (Spanish, CLEO)
Prosopographical Information
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Name Marcus Porcius Gender Male Legal Status Roman citizen Role Dedicatee
Further Information
Comment
Entry by: Antonio Niculae
Squeeze
| Have Squeeze? | no |
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Dating
| Date (From) | 1 AD |
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| Date (To) | 30 AD |
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Bibliography
- CIL 02-07, 00116
- CIL 02, 02146
- CLE 01851 (adn.)
- CILA-03-01, 00322
- C. Fernández Martínez, Carmina latina epigraphica de la Bética romana : las primeras piedras de nuestra poesía, Sevilla 2007, J15 🔗 link
- J. Camacho, Dibujando poemas. Acerca de la transcripción de los CLE al papel. El caso de Ambrosio de Morales, Veleia 29 (2012), 201-203 (with photo). 🔗 link
- J. Abascal Palazón, Ambrosio de Morales como informante epigráfico: un debate abierto, Veleia 29 (2012), 401-402. 🔗 link
- HEp 2006, 00328
- HD027758 🔗 link
- CLEO J15 🔗 link
- Hispania Epigraphica 🔗 link
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