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Inscriptions: Funerary inscriptions for Gavia, freedwoman of Publius

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Identification

Reference as: MPL00540
Title Funerary inscriptions for Gavia, freedwoman of Publius
Trismegistos-No. 582239

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, close to Porta Tiburtina, during the excavations for the construction of Stazione Termini (1864)
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano
Inventory number 831
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type cippus
Material local stone
State of Preservation complete?
Dimensions

width: 64.0 cm

height: 110.0 cm

depth: 32.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Relief of a woman; text above, on the left and underneath the relief
Decoration Tags
  • Person / woman

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by different layout
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, just uses all available space

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Iambic senarius
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

GAVIAPL
Written on the left transversal top-down:

FEMINAPRIMASALVEETTVVnder the relief of a woman:

QVAEQVAEDICESOMNIA..[]TIBEI
Gavia P(ubli) l(iberta)
Written on the left transversal top-down:

femina prima salve et tu Under the relief of a woman:

quaequae dices omnia ẹṿ[eniant] tibei.
Gavia P(ubli) l(iberta)
Written on the left transversal top-down:

femina prima salve et tu Under the relief of a woman:

quaequae dices omnia ẹṿ[eniant] | tibei.
Apparatus

l.4 reg., orig. tibei

Text follows the edition of Picciotti Giornetti, Friggeri, differently CIL, CLE, Cholodniak, Kockel. Picture checked by Gangoly 2021.
l. 2: [A]emilia CIL 06, 34116, Cholodniak; Geminia Kockel.
l. 3: omnia et CLE.

Main Translation

Translation Gavia, Freigelassene des Publius.
Sei gegrüßt erste Frau und möge dir alles, was du sagst, in Erfüllung gehen.
Citation Alexander Gangoly

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameGavia
    GenderFemale
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 26 AD
Date (To) 50 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae
  • history
  • language

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:57:27, ID there: EDR180821
Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-12-07 09:57
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-09 13:40
  3. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-09 13:40
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    at 2024-01-10 13:33
  7. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-11 08:21
  8. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-11 08:27
  9. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-11 08:33
  10. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-11 13:04
  11. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-11 13:57
  12. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-11 14:14
  13. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-24 15:05
  14. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-24 16:42
  15. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-24 16:43
  16. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-24 16:46
  17. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2024-01-24 16:48
  18. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-30 13:05
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