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Identification

Reference as: MPL00498
Title Funerary inscription for Thalassia
Trismegistos-No. 574714

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Rome, unknown (first seen at via Flaminia, vigna Cesarini)
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani, Galleria Lapidaria
Inventory number 27, 8, inv. 7474
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation
Dimensions

width: 103.0 cm

height: 46.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.5
Letter Size in cm (max) 4.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
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Verse Layouts

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • iambo-trochaic rhythm
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

DM

PRAECEDEREVOLVISTISANCTISSIMACONIVX
VTMERELINQVERESINLACHRIMIS
SIESTALIQVITININFERNASPARTESBENE
5EGOAVTEMSINETEVITAMSORDIDAMEXIGO
ESTOFELIXETIBIDVLCISSIMATHALASSIA
EDVCATRIXCVETMIHIINCONVVIOPERANNOSXXXX

PAPIRIVSVITALISARTEPICTORIAMARITVSEIVS
FEMINAEINCOMPARABILIFECITSIBIETSVIS
D(is) M(anibus).

Praecedere voluisti sanctissima coniux,
ut me relinqueres in lachrimis.
Si est aliquit in infernas partes, bene
5ego autem sine te vitam sordidam exigo,
esto felix et ibi, dulcissima Thalassia,
educatrix c(larissimi) v(iri) et mihi in conuvio per annos XXXX.

Papirius Vitalis arte pictoria maritus eius
feminae incomparabili fecit. Sibi et suis.
D(is) M(anibus).
Praecedere voluisti sanctissima coniux, ut me relinqueres in lachrimis. Si est aliquit in infernas partes, bene ego autem sine te vitam sordidam exigo, esto felix et ibi, dulcissima Thalassia, educatrix c(larissimi) v(iri) et mihi in conuvio per annos XXXX.
Papirius Vitalis arte pictoria maritus eius feminae incomparabili fecit. Sibi et suis.
Apparatus

l.2 reg., orig. coniux
l.3 reg., orig. lachrimis
l.4 reg., orig. aliquit
l.7 reg., orig. conuvio

Text follows CIL, picture checked by C. Cenati in 2021.
l. 8: maritu[s] (CIL)
ll. 2-7: possibly iambic meter (Engström)

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameThalassia
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical]
    ProfessionOther profession
    RoleDedicatee
  • NamePapirius Vitalis
    GenderMale
    ProfessionOther profession
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 175 AD
Date (To) 225 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae
  • palaeography

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Editing History

Created 2025-05-07, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:54:00, ID there: EDR180939
Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-12-07 09:53
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 12:13
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-05 12:27
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-07 14:24
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-07 14:36
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-07 14:38
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