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Identification

Reference as: MPL00592
Title Funerary inscription for Popilia Alexandria
Trismegistos-No. 587129

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Firenze, Palazzo Corsini al Prato
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation
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 PresenceProse interrupted by verse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

HAVEDVLCIS
POPILIAALEXANDRIARARISSIMA
FEMINAAXXXVHICSITAEST
MVLPIVSINGENVVSBMETSIBI
5DVLCISVALE

QVIDLACRIMAS?FACTVMEST
VIRBONEVIVEVALE
SEDTIBIINVIDEOPTOQVI
OSSVCVLAMEAHICSITAESSE
10..MISMORTETARDATAVIVAS
[---]AEGERINOPS
Have dulcis.
Popilia Alexandria rarissima
femina a(nnorum) XXXV hic sita est.
M(arcus) Ulpius Ingenuus b(ene) m(erenti) et sibi.
5Dulcis vale.

Quid lacrimas? Factum est,
vir bone, vive vale.
Sed tibi, invide, opto qui
ossucula mea hic sita esse
10g̣ẹmis. Morte tardata vivas
[---] aeger inops.
Have dulcis. Popilia Alexandria rarissima femina a(nnorum) XXXV hic sita est. M(arcus) Ulpius Ingenuus b(ene) m(erenti) et sibi. Dulcis vale.

Quid lacrimas? Factum est, vir bone, vive vale.
Sed tibi, invide, opto qui ossucula mea hic sita esse g̣ẹmis.
Morte tardata vivas
[---] aeger inops.
Apparatus

l.1 reg., orig. Have

Text follows CIL and the petrified muse, picture checked by M. Tasso in 2022.

Main Translation

Translation Greetings, sweetness. Popilia Alexandria, a most remarkable lady, lies here, aged 35. Marcus Ulpius Ingenuus had this made for her, well-deserving, and himself. Farewell, sweetness. Why do you cry? It is done, good man, live, farewell. But you, spiteful man, who bemoans that my little bones lie here, may you live, with your death deferred, … sick and poor.
Citation The Petrified Muse

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Prosopographical Information

  • NamePopilia Alexandria
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameMarcus Ulpius Ingenuus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 131 AD
Date (To) 170 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • names

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Editing History

Created 2025-07-16, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:01:45, ID there: EDR184193
Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-12-07 10:01
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-07-02 09:48
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-07-02 09:54
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-07-02 10:03
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-07-11 11:55
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-07-11 11:56
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-07-11 11:57
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-07-16 12:34
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-07-16 12:35
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-07-16 14:56
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