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Identification

Reference as: MPL00481
Title Funerary inscription for Marcus Ulpius Maximus
Trismegistos-No. 570653

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Current Location Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani, Galleria Lapidaria
Inventory number 45, 24, inv. 6835
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: 57.0 cm

height: 34.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DM
INHOCTVMVLOIACETCORPVS
EXANIMISCVIVSSPIRITVSINT͡ERDE
EOSRECEPTVSESTSICENIMMERVIT
MVLPIVSMAXIMVSEQVESROMANVSQVIET
5LVPERCVSCVCVRRITVIVSLOCIREFRIGE
RASCVIVSFAMAINETERNANOTAEST
QVIVIXIANNXLMENSIBIIIDIESXXVIIII
[---]IESISCONIVGIINCONPARABILI
[---]TISSIMOMARITOMEOQVIVI
10XITMECVMPLVSMINVSANNOSXVIIIINQVO
NVLLAQVERELLAABVITCVMBIXITBIXIT
VBIDEFVNCTVSESMALEBIXI
hedera P hedera
D(is) M(anibus).
In hoc tumulo iacet corpus
exanimis, cuius spiritus int͡er de-
eos receptus est, sic enim meruit.
M(arcus) Ulpius Maximus eques Romanus, qui et
5lupercus cucurrit, uius loci refrige-
ras, cuius fama in eterna nota est,
qui vixi ann(is) XL, mensib(us) III, dies XXVIIII.
[---]iesis coniugi inconparabili
[--- sanc]tissimo marito meo, qui vi-
10xit mecum plus minus annos XVIII, in quo
nulla(m) querella(m) abuit cum bixit {bixit}
ubi defunctus es(t) male bixi
((hedera)) P(- - -) ((hedera))
D(is) M(anibus).-
In hoc tumulo iacet corpus exanimis, cuius spiritus int͡er deeos receptus est, sic enim meruit. M(arcus) Ulpius Maximus eques Romanus, qui et lupercus cucurrit, uius loci refrigeras, cuius fama in eterna nota est, qui vixi ann(is) XL, mensib(us) III, dies XXVIIII. [---]iesis coniugi inconparabili [--- sanc]tissimo marito meo, qui vixit mecum plus minus annos XVIII, in quo nulla(m) querella(m) abuit cum bixit {bixit} ubi defunctus es(t) male bixi ((hedera)) P(- - -) ((hedera))
Apparatus

l.2 reg., orig. exanimis
l.3 reg., orig. eos
l.5 reg., orig. uius
l.6 reg., orig. ras | reg., orig. eterna
l.7 reg., orig. dies
l.8 reg., orig. inconparabili
l.11 reg., orig. querellam | reg., orig. abuit | reg., orig. bixit
l.12 reg., orig. bixi

Text follows CIL, checked with image by C. Cenati in 2021.
l. 3: "enin" in rubrication
l. 12: "bexi" in rubrication

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameMarcus Ulpius Maximus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    OriginNative
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RankOrdo equester
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • names
  • formulae

Bibliography

Images

  • https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/service.php/IIIF/29026/manifest

Editing History

Created 2025-04-17, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:52:37, ID there: EDR180426
Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-12-07 09:52
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 10:04
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 10:22
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 10:24
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 10:25
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 10:26
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-04-17 10:57
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