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Identification

Reference as: MPL00484
Title Funerary inscription for Cornelia Calliste
Trismegistos-No. 572242

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, via Appia, Vigna Codini (in 1856)
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Lost
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

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
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

CORNELIA

CALLISTEMIHINOMENERAT
QVODFORMAPROBAVITANNVS
VTACCEDATTERMIHIQVINTVS
5ERATGRATAFVIDOMINOGEMINO
DILECTAPARENTISEPTIMA[]ANGVEN
TISVMMAQVEVISADIESCAVSA
LATETFATIPARTVMTAMENESSE
LOQVONTVRSEDQVAECVMQVE
10FVITTAMCITONONMERVI
Cornelia

Calliste mihi nomen erat,
quod forma probavit. Annus
ut accedat, ter mihi quintus
5erat. Grata fui domino, gemino
dilecta parenti. Septima [l]anguen-
ti summaque visa dies. Causa
latet fati, partum tamen esse
loquontur, sed quaecumque
10fuit, tam cito non merui.
Cornelia -

Calliste mihi nomen erat, quod forma probavit.
Annus ut accedat, ter mihi quintus erat.
Grata fui domino, gemino dilecta parenti.
Septima [l]anguen|ti summaque visa dies.
Causa latet fati, partum tamen esse loquontur,
sed quaecumque fuit, tam cito non merui.
Apparatus

l.9 reg., orig. loquontur

Text follows CIL, Picture checked by C. Cenati in 2021.

Main Translation

Translation Cornelia Calliste [= ‘the most beautiful’] was my name, confirmed by my appearance. If one added one year, I had been thrice five years of age. I was welcome to my owner, beloved by either parent. Lying ill, the seventh day was also my last one. The reason for my fate is concealed, they say it is just how one is born, yet I did not deserve it so soon.
Citation Peter Kruschwitz

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameCornelia Calliste
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20) [expression: Non-canonical]
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 100 AD
Date (Criteria)

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Editing History

Created 2025-04-17, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:52:51, ID there: EDR180431
Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-12-07 09:52
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 12:15
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 12:27
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 12:28
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 12:29
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-04-17 11:03
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