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Identification

Reference as: MPL00549
Title Funerary inscription for Gaius Iulius Maximus
Trismegistos-No. 583221

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, unknown
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani, Galleria Lapidaria
Inventory number 8722
Current Location Details Galleria Lapidaria, 7, 159, inv. 8722
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 24.0 cm

height: 13.0 cm

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
    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

Inscription & Translations

CIVLIVSSPFMAXIMVS
VIXITANNISIIMENSIBVSV

ATROXOFORTVNATRVCIQVAEFVNEREGAVDES
QVIDMIHITAMSVBITOMAXIMVSERIPITVR?
5QVIMODOIVCVNDVSGREMIOSVPERESSESOLEBAT
HICLAPISINTVMVLONVNCIACETECCEMISER
C(aius) Iulius Sp(uri) f(ilius) Maximus
vixit annis II, mensibus V.

Atrox o Fortuna truci quae funere gaudes
quid mihi tam subito Maximus eripitur?
5qui modo iucundus gremio superesse solebat
hic lapis in tumulo nunc iacet ecce miser.
C(aius) Iulius Sp(uri) f(ilius) Maximus vixit annis II, mensibus V.

Atrox o Fortuna truci quae funere gaudes
quid mihi tam subito Maximus eripitur?
qui modo iucundus gremio superesse solebat
hic lapis in tumulo nunc iacet ecce miser.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL, picture checked by A. Gangoly in 2021.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameGaius Iulius Maximus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 50 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography
  • names
  • language

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Editing History

Created 2025-02-07, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:58:11, ID there: EDR180865
Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-12-07 09:58
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-07 12:52
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-07 12:54
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-07 12:55
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-07 13:19
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-07 13:21
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-07 13:22
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