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Inscriptions: Funerary inscription by Iulius Nicephorus for his son

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Identification

Reference as: MPL00550
Title Funerary inscription by Iulius Nicephorus for his son
Trismegistos-No. 583240

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, unknown (first seen in Rome, S. Gregorio)
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details unknown/lost
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type sarcophagus
Material unknown
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
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Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen + 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


VTTEPALLADIRAPTVMFLEVERECAMENAE
FLEVERVNTPOPVLIQVOSCONTINETOSTIADIA
IVLIVSNICEPHORVSPATERINFELIXFECIT

Ut te Palladi raptum flevere Camenae
fleverunt populi quos continet Ostia dia
Iulius Nicephorus pater infelix fecit.

Ut te Palladi raptum flevere Camenae
fleverunt populi quos continet Ostia dia
Iulius Nicephorus pater infelix fecit.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL, image checked by Gangoly in 2021.
l. 1-2: hexametrical.
l. 1: Vi te for Ut te proposed by Mommsen (CIL).

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameIulius Nicephorus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

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Editing History

Created 2025-02-07, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:58:15, ID there: EDR180866
Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-12-07 09:58
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-07 13:09
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-07 13:17
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-07 14:11
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-07 14:15
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