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Identification

Reference as: MPL00530
Title Funerary inscription for Quintus Egnatius Pollio
Trismegistos-No. 580667

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani, Lapidario Profano ex Lateranense
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 27.2 cm

height: 13.0 cm

depth: 2.3 cm

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
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Centered
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

QEGNATIVS()L
POLLIOVAXXIX

QVISEHOMINEMMEMINITSECVRO
PECTOREVIVATNAMMEVSLIBERTVS
5HICIACETINTVMVLO
Q(uintus) Egnatius ((mulieris)) l(ibertus)
Pollio v(ixit) a(nnis) XXIX.

Qui se hominem meminit securo
pectore vivat, nam meus libertus
5hìc iacet in tumulo.
Q(uintus) Egnatius ((mulieris)) l(ibertus) Pollio v(ixit) a(nnis) XXIX.

Qui se hominem meminit securo pectore vivat,
nam meus libertus hìc iacet in tumulo.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL.

Main Translation

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameQuintus Egnatius Pollio
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • names
  • palaeography

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Editing History

Created 2025-01-24, by Victoria González Berdús
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:56:38, ID there: EDR181209
Revisions
  1. by Victoria González Berdús
    at 2023-12-07 09:56
  2. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-05-29 20:06
  3. by MAPPOLA DEMO
    at 2024-06-03 10:52
  4. by MAPPOLA DEMO
    at 2024-06-03 10:57
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-04 08:38
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-04 08:42
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-04 08:43
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 11:31
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 11:37
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 11:39
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 11:41
  12. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 11:45
  13. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 11:51
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-24 12:18
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