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Inscriptions: Funerary inscription for P. Baebius Myrtilus and Pomponia Spica

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Identification

Reference as: MPL00513
Title Funerary inscription for P. Baebius Myrtilus and Pomponia Spica
Trismegistos-No. 577620

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Lost
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
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 CorrespondenceYes

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

QVIXANN
XXXX

HICSITVSILLEEGOSVMMERVLATORPVBLIVSIPSE
QVODVOCITATVSERAMBAEBIVSCOGNOMINEPATRIS
5ROMAMIHIPATRIANOMENMEVPRIMVSINAEVOM
HOSVERSVSFRATERQVESORORTVMVLOQVEDICARVNT
QVIPIETATESVAMERITOLAVDEMPOSVERE

PBAEBIVSPFPALMYRTILVS
ETPOMPONIASPICAVNICO
10FRATRIDIGNISSIMOETPIO
FECERVNT
Q(ui) vix(it) ann(is)
XXXX.

Hic situs ille ego sum merulator Publius ipse,
quod vocitatus eram Baebius cognomine patris.
5Roma mihi patria, nomen meu(m) Primus in aevom.
Hos versus fraterque soror tumuloque dicarunt,
qui pietate sua merito laudem posuere.

P(ublius) Baebius P(ubli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Myrtilus
et Pomponia Spica unico
10fratri dignissimo et pio
fecerunt.
Q(ui) vix(it) ann(is) XXXX.

Hic situs ille ego sum merulator Publius ipse,
quod vocitatus eram Baebius cognomine patris.
Roma mihi patria, nomen meu(m) Primus in aevom.
Hos versus fraterque soror tumuloque dicarunt,
qui pietate sua merito laudem posuere.
P(ublius) Baebius P(ubli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Myrtilus et Pomponia Spica unico fratri dignissimo et pio fecerunt.
Apparatus

l.5 reg., orig. aevom

Text follows CIL, Drawing checked by C. Cenati in 2022.

The same P. Baebius Myrtilus and the same Pomponia Spica are found at CIL 06, 13478 = EDR186422.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameP. Baebius Myrtilus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NamePomponia Spica
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicatee

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Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • prosopography
  • names
  • formulae

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Editing History

Created 2025-05-19, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:55:16, ID there: EDR185764
Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-12-07 09:55
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-19 12:10
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-19 12:19
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-19 12:20
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-19 14:28
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-19 14:31
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