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Identification

Reference as: MPL00494
Title Funerary inscription for Helpidius
Trismegistos-No. 574315

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Rome, unknown (first seen in S. Maria in Aquiro)
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Lost
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type
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 + subscriptum
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DM

HICIACETHELPIDIVSFATIS
EXTINCTVSINIQVISEGREGIVSIVVENIS
CAVSARVMORATORHONESTVS
QVI
5VIXITANNXXX
D(is) M(anibus).

Hic iacet Helpidius, fatis
extinctus iniquis, egregius iuvenis,
causarum orator honestus,
qui
5vixit ann(is) XXX.
D(is) M(anibus).

Hic iacet Helpidius, fatis extinctus iniquis,
egregius iuvenis, causarum orator honestus,
qui vixit ann(is) XXX.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL and ILS, checked with picture by C. Cenati in 2021.

Main Translation

Translation
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Prosopographical Information

  • NameHelpidius
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical]
    ProfessionOther profession
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae

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Editing History

Created 2025-05-07, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:53:40, ID there: EDR180511
Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-12-07 09:53
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 09:59
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 10:04
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 10:10
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 10:11
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 10:13
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-07 13:13
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-07 13:15
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