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Identification

Reference as: MPL00570
Title Funerary inscription for Novius
Trismegistos-No. 585668

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, SS. Cecilia e Biagio in Campo Marzio
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details unknown/lost
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type altar
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 66.0 cm

height: 79.0 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 PresenceCarmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


BLESAMVSHOCNOVIVSREQVIEM
SORTITVSINAEVOM
[⁦ - - - - - - - - - - ⁩]
CONTRALOCVSSANCTVSPLAVSV
5QVIEXCEPITAGRESTI
CVMPRIMVMFVNDOVENERATHICDOMINVS
PAREBATNEMOFAVNI
NYMPHAEQVESONABANT
LAETITIAMDIVOMSENSITETIPSELOCVS
10HICOLIMSTATVISVRBEM
DECORAVITETORBEM:
NOMENHABETPOPVLVSCORPORISHICTVMVL

Blesamus hoc Novius requiem
sortitus in aevom
[⁦ - - - - - - - - - - ⁩]
Contra locus sanctus, plausu
5qui excepit agresti,
cum primum fundo venerat hic dominus.
Parebat nemo, Fauni
Nymphaeque sonabant,
laetitiam divom sensit et ipse locus.
10Hic olim statuis urbem
decoravit et orbem:
nomen habet populus, corporis hic tumul(us).

Blesamus hoc Novius requiem sortitus in aevom [------]
Contra locus sanctus, plausu qui excepit agresti,
cum primum fundo venerat hic dominus.
Parebat nemo, Fauni Nymphaeque sonabant,
laetitiam divom sensit et ipse locus.
Hic olim statuis urbem decoravit et orbem:
nomen habet populus, corporis hic tumul(us).
Apparatus

l.2 reg., orig. aevom
l.9 reg., orig. divom
l.12 reg., orig. corporis

Text follows CIL

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameNovius
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • language
  • names

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Denisa Murzea
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T09:59:54, ID there: EDR183060
Revisions
  1. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2023-12-07 09:59
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 13:35
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 13:37
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 13:40
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 13:42
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-01-29 14:41
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