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Identification

Reference as: MPL00576
Title Funerary inscription for Ottediae Zmyrnae
Trismegistos-No. 586132

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, via Appia, vineyard Moroni, outside Porta S. Sebastiano (in 1732)
Latitude 41.8797
Longitude 12.4958
Current Location Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani, Galleria Lapidaria
Inventory number inv. 8209
Current Location Details 13, 158
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 43.0 cm

height: 24.0 cm

depth: unknown

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

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)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

D ascia M
OTTEDIAEZMYRNAECONIVGBMQVANNXVI
MVIIIICSATRIVSABASCANTVSFECITETSIBIET
SVISPOSTERISQEORVM

5HICIACEOINFELIXZMYRNAPVELLATENEBRIS
QVAEANNOSAETATISAGENSSEXETDECEMENSIBOCTO
AMISILVCEMANIMAMEARAPVERVNTFATAINIQVA
CASTIORVTPROBIORSERVATIORVLLAMARITO?
TEPRECORHOCQVIRELEGESSIPIETASHABETVLLALOCVM
10SICSIMILETITVLVMNATISNONSCRIBEREPOSSIS
DISCEDENSDIC:ZMYRNAVALEITERVMTEREPETEM
INANNO
D(is) ((ascia)) M(anibus).
Ottediae Zmyrnae coniug(i) b(ene) m(erenti), q(uae) v(ixit) ann(is) XVI,
m(ensibus) VIIII, C(aius) Satrius Abascantus fecit et sibi et
suis posterisq(ue) eorum.

5Hic iaceo infelix Zmyrna puella tenebris,
quae annos aetatis agens sex et dece(m) mensib(us) octo
amisi lucem. Anima(m) mea(m) rapuerunt fata iniqua.
Castior ut probior servatior ulla marito?
Te, precor hoc qui releges, si pietas habet ulla locum,
10sic simile(m) titulum natis non scribere possis,
discedens dic: Zmyrna vale iterum te repetem
in anno.
D(is) ((ascia)) M(anibus). Ottediae Zmyrnae coniug(i) b(ene) m(erenti), q(uae) v(ixit) ann(is) XVI, m(ensibus) VIIII, C(aius) Satrius Abascantus fecit et sibi et suis posterisq(ue) eorum.

Hic iaceo infelix Zmyrna puella tenebris,
quae annos aetatis agens sex et dece(m) mensib(us) octo
amisi lucem. Anima(m) mea(m) rapuerunt fata iniqua.
Castior ut probior servatior ulla marito?
Te, precor hoc qui releges, si pietas habet ulla locum,
sic simile(m) titulum natis non scribere possis,
discedens dic: Zmyrna vale iterum te repetem in anno.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL, picture checked by D. Murzea in 2020.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameOttediae Zmyrnae
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameC. Satrius Abascantus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

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Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography
  • formulae

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Editing History

Created 2025-09-08, by Denisa Murzea
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:00:25, ID there: EDR183096
Revisions
  1. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2023-12-07 10:00
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-08-06 09:17
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-08-06 09:35
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-08-06 09:54
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-08-06 09:58
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-08-06 10:17
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-08-06 10:21
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-08 13:27
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