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Identification

Reference as: MPL00504
Title Funerary inscription for Publius Alfenus Sodala
Trismegistos-No. 575965

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Current Location Perugia, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory number 135
Current Location Details depot
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation
Dimensions

width: 24.3 cm

height: 20.8 cm

depth: 2.2 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.2
Letter Size in cm (max) 3.7
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)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

[]ALFEN[]
PLSODALA
TRIBVSETXLANN[---]
VN[---]

5HICMIHISVNTSEDESAE[---]
OSSAQVEDILECTAECO[]
[P(ublius) ] Alfen[us]
P(ubli) l(ibertus) Sodala,
tribus et XL ann[is ---]
un[---].

5Hic mihi sunt sedes ae[terna ---]
ossaque dilectae coṇ[iugis hic recubant].
[P(ublius) ] Alfen[us] P(ubli) l(ibertus) Sodala, tribus et XL ann[is ---] un[---].

Hic mihi sunt sedes ae[terna ---]
ossaque dilectae coṇ[iugis hic recubant].
Apparatus

Text follows CIL and CLE, corrections by C. Cenati, picture checked by C. Cenati in 2022.
l. 5: Hic mihi sunt sedes ae[terna pace colendae] (CLE)
l. 6: co[niugis] (CIL) (CLE)

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Prosopographical Information

  • NamePublius Alfenus Sodala
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical]
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 50 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography
  • names

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Editing History

Created 2025-05-19, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:54:31, ID there: EDR185752
Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-12-07 09:54
  2. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-28 14:33
  3. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-28 15:03
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-07 09:48
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-07 09:52
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-07 09:57
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-07 10:00
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-07 10:02
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-07 10:02
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-19 10:46
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-19 13:51
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-19 13:56
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