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Identification

Reference as: MPL00537
Title Funerary inscription for Flavia Dionysia
Trismegistos-No. 581705

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Inventory number
Current Location Details unknown/lost
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)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

DM
FLAVIAEDIONYSIADIS

HICIACETEXIGVISDIONYSIAFLEBILISANNIS
EXTREMVMTENVIQVAEPEDERVPITITER
5CVIVSINOCTAVALASCIVIASVRGEREMESSE
COEPERATETDVLCESFINGERENEQVITIAS
QVODSILONGATVAEMANSISSENTTEMPORAVITAE
DOCTIORINTERRISNVLLAPVELLAFORET

VIXITANNISVIIMXIDIEBVSXV
10FECITANNIAISIASVERNAESVAEBM
D(is) M(anibus)
Flaviae Dionysiadis.

Hic iacet exiguis Dionysia flebilis annis,
extremum tenui quae pede rupit iter,
5cuius in octava lascivia surgere messe
coeperat et dulces fingere nequitias.
Quodsi longa tuae mansissent tempora vitae,
doctior in terris nulla puella foret.

Vixit annis VII, m(ensibus) XI, diebus XV.
10Fecit Annia Isias vernae suae b(ene) m(erenti).
D(is) M(anibus) Flaviae Dionysiadis.

Hic iacet exiguis Dionysia flebilis annis,
extremum tenui quae pede rupit iter,
cuius in octava lascivia surgere messe
coeperat et dulces fingere nequitias.
Quodsi longa tuae mansissent tempora vitae,
doctior in terris nulla puella foret.
Vixit annis VII, m(ensibus) XI, diebus XV. Fecit Annia Isias vernae suae b(ene) m(erenti).
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Text follows CIL and CLE

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameFlavia Dionysia
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    Legal StatusSlave
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameAnnia Isias
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 69 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • names
  • formulae

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Editing History

Created 2025-01-26, by Victoria González Berdús
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:57:12, ID there: EDR181234
Revisions
  1. by Victoria González Berdús
    at 2023-12-07 09:57
  2. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-05-29 20:12
  3. by MAPPOLA DEMO
    at 2024-06-03 10:55
  4. by MAPPOLA DEMO
    at 2024-06-03 11:06
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-04 09:32
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-04 09:37
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 13:52
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 13:55
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 13:56
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 14:32
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 14:49
  12. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-24 15:02
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-26 11:20
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-26 11:28
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