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Identification

Reference as: MPL00491
Title Funerary inscription for Cocceia Nice Chrysa
Trismegistos-No. 574216

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Rome, unknown (first seen in the garden of Cardinal Rotomagense = Guillaume d'Estouteville)
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details unknown/ lost
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type altar
Material unknown
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 CorrespondenceYes

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

COCCEIAENICEDOMITIAEFCHRYSAE
VIXANNXXIVMIIIIDXXIV
HERMESCOCCEIAEBASSAEACTCOIVGIBENEM

AETERNAMTIBISEDEMHERMESARAMQDICAVI
5NICEOPTASSEMQVEVTINAMTVAFATASVPERSTES
VTMIHITVFACERESSEDINIQVASORTEMALIGNA
RAPTAIACESANNISIAMVIDVATATVIS
IATIBICYBELESSINTETROSAGRATADIONES
ETFLORESGRATINYMPHISETLILIASERTA
10SITQVEPRECORMERITISQVINOSTRAPARENTTIBIDONA
ANNVAETMANESPLACIDATIBINOCTEQVIESCANT
ETSVPERINNIDOMARATHONISCANTETAEDON
Cocceiae Nice Domitiae f(iliae) Chrysae,
vix(it) ann(is) XXIV, m(ensibus) IIII, d(iebus) XXIV.
Hermes, Cocceiae Bassae act(or), coiugi bene m(erenti).

Aeternam tibi sedem Hermes aramq(ue) dicavi,
5Nice, optassemque utinam tua fata superstes
ut mihi tu faceres, sed iniqua sorte maligna
rapta iaces annis iam viduata tuis.
Ia, tibi Cybeles sint et rosa grata Diones
et flores grati Nymphis et lilia serta,
10sitque precor meritis qui nostra parent tibi dona
annua et Manes placida tibi nocte quiescant,
et super in nido Marathonis cantet aedon.
Cocceiae Nice Domitiae f(iliae) Chrysae, vix(it) ann(is) XXIV, m(ensibus) IIII, d(iebus) XXIV. Hermes, Cocceiae Bassae act(or), coiugi bene m(erenti).

Aeternam tibi sedem Hermes aramq(ue) dicavi,
Nice, optassemque utinam tua fata superstes
ut mihi tu faceres, sed iniqua sorte maligna
rapta iaces annis iam viduata tuis.
Ia, tibi Cybeles sint et rosa grata Diones
et flores grati Nymphis et lilia serta,
sitque precor meritis qui nostra parent tibi dona
annua et Manes placida tibi nocte quiescant,
et super in nido Marathonis cantet aedon.
Apparatus

l.3 reg., orig. coiugi

Text follows CIL and CLE, checked with picture by C. Cenati in 2021.
l. 10: si[n]tque (CIL)

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameCocceia Nice Chrysa
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameHermes
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

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Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 51 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • language
  • formulae
  • names

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Editing History

Created 2025-05-05, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:53:25, ID there: EDR178247
Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-12-07 09:53
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 08:19
  3. by Anna Pokorny
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  4. by Anna Pokorny
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  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 08:46
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 09:34
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-05 12:13
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-05 12:13
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 12:36
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 12:40
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    at 2025-05-05 12:42
  13. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 12:43
  14. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 12:46
  15. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-05 12:53
  16. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-05 12:53
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