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Identification

Reference as: MPL00556
Title Funerary inscription for Marcus Licinius Herculanus
Trismegistos-No. 642089

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, unknown
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Leiden (Nederland), Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory number 42
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 26.5 cm

height: 14.0 cm

depth: 3.0 cm

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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic rhythm
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

MLICINIVS
HERCVLANVS
VIXANXXHSEST

TRQLDSILLITL
M(arcus) Licinius
Herculanus
vix(it) an(nis) XX h(ic) s(itus) est.

T(e) r(ogo) q(ui) l(egis) d(icas) s(it) illi t(erra) l(evis).
M(arcus) Licinius Herculanus vix(it) an(nis) XX h(ic) s(itus) est.
T(e) r(ogo) q(ui) l(egis) d(icas) s(it) illi t(erra) l(evis).
Apparatus

Text follows CIL, picture checked by A. Gangoly in 2021.
l. -4: dactylic rhythm

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameMarcus Licinius Herculanus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20) [expression: Canonical, precision: low]
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae
  • palaeography
  • 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 2023-12-07T09:58:45, ID there: EDR180872
Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-12-07 09:58
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-07 15:14
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-07 15:15
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-07 15:18
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-07 15:22
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-07 15:23
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-07 15:26
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-07 15:27
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