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Identification

Reference as: MPL00564
Title Funerary inscription from a mother to her children
Trismegistos-No. 585429

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano
Inventory number 29423
Current Location Details
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
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

MYRTALEVIXIT
ANNOSIX
QVAESIBIDOLOREMERIPVITETMATRI
DEDITNIMIVMPROPERANSADFRATREM
5PHILOSTERCVMSVOM
Myrtale vixit
annos IX.
Quae sibi dolorem eripuit et matri
dedit nimium properans ad fratrem
5Philostercum suom.
Myrtale vixit annos IX.

Quae sibi dolorem eripuit et matri dedit
nimium properans ad fratrem Philostercum suom.
Apparatus

l.3 reg., orig. eripuit
l.5 reg., orig. suom

Text follows CIL
l. 3-5: iambicus CLE

Main Translation

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Prosopographical Information

  • NamePhilostercus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameMyrtale
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 100 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology

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Editing History

Created 2025-01-29, by Denisa Murzea
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:59:24, ID there: EDR182963
Revisions
  1. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2023-12-07 09:59
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 11:00
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 11:01
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 11:04
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 11:04
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-29 14:08
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-29 14:09
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