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Identification

Reference as: MPL00505
Title Funerary inscription for C. Allidius Hermes
Trismegistos-No. 575988

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Longitude 0.0
Current Location Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani, Galleria Lapidaria
Inventory number 5, 34, inv. 8772
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 40.0 cm

height: 27.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.2
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

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, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

CALLIDIOHERMAE

QVIQVIDQVIDDIXIT
DVLCISAMICIISERAT

HVNCQVOQVEPOS`T´MORTEM
5DEFLEMVSAMICI

VIXITANNISLX
C(aio) Allidio Hermae.

Qui quidquid dixit
dulcis amiciìs erat

hunc quoque pos`t´mortem
5deflemus amici.

Vixit annis LX.
C(aio) Allidio Hermae.

Qui quidquid dixit dulcis amiciìs erat

hunc quoque pos`t´mortem deflemus amici.
Vixit annis LX.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL and CLE, picture checked by C. Cenati in 2022.

Main Translation

Translation
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Prosopographical Information

  • NameGaius Allidius Hermes
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical]
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 51 AD
Date (To) 150 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography
  • formulae
  • names

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Editing History

Created 2025-07-16, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:54:36, ID there: EDR185753
Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-12-07 09:54
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-07 10:09
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-07 10:20
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-07 10:23
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-07 10:24
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-19 10:50
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-07-16 15:41
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-07-16 15:54
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