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Identification

Reference as: MPL00488
Title Funerary inscription for M. Ulpius Philotas
Trismegistos-No. 573766

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Current Location Lost
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Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type sarcophagus
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)
  • Dactylic hexameter
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

MVLPIOAVGLIBPHILO
TAEPPVESTISSCAENICAE
VLPIAVENERIAMARITO
INCOMPARABILIPIETATE
HIC
5IACETILLESITVSMFORMON
SIORVLLO
QVODMERVITVIVVS
MORIENSQVOTETIPSE
ROGAVITCONIVGISVE
GRATAEPRAESTITITECCEFIDES
M(arco) Ulpio Aug(usti) lib(erto) Philo-
tae p(rae)p(osito) vestis scaenicae.
Ulpia Veneria marito
incomparabili pietate.
Hic
5iacet ille situs M(arcus) formon-
sior ullo.
Quod meruit vivus,
moriens quot et ipse
rogavit, coniugi(s) sue
gratae praestitit ecce fides.
M(arco) Ulpio Aug(usti) lib(erto) Philotae p(rae)p(osito) vestis scaenicae. Ulpia Veneria marito incomparabili pietate.-

Hic iacet ille situs M(arcus) formon|sior ullo.

Quod meruit vivus, moriens quot et ipse rogavit,
coniugi(s) sue gratae praestitit ecce fides.
Apparatus

l.8 reg., orig. sue

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

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameM. Ulpius Philotas
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    ProfessionOther profession
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameUlpia Veneria
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 98 AD
Date (To) 130 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • names

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Editing History

Created 2025-04-17, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:53:11, ID there: EDR180474
Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-12-07 09:53
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 13:43
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 13:51
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 13:53
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-04-16 13:58
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-04-17 12:41
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-04-17 12:43
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-04-17 12:45
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