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Inscriptions: Funerary inscription by Publicius Euplus and Publicia for their son

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Identification

Reference as: MPL00598
Title Funerary inscription by Publicius Euplus and Publicia for their son
Trismegistos-No. 587405

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Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, unknown (first seen in Monte Porzio Catone (Rome), Eremo tuscolano di Camaldoli, Passionei collection)
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details unknown/lost
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type
Material unknown
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 PresencePraescriptum + carmen + subscriptum
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

[]M
[---]NTIQVIVIXIT
[]VIIIMENSVIIDIEX[---]
[]TERNASSITVSSVMQVIRAPTVS[]
5[]DECIMOOCTAVMMENSESQVIDIES

[]VAPRISCISAEQVABARDOCTVSINART[]
[]FATVMVINCEREBLANDADIES
[]ERIFLETISSOLITODEMOREPARENT[]
[]AEQVERAPITDITISACERBAMAN[]

10[]RSTIGIASPORTABITPORTITORVNDA[]
[]ARCAELINQVEN[]ETSTAMINACLOTHO
R[]AREPARENSCOLITOPERTEMPORAFA[]
[]SEMPERDVLCIMEVOCEVOCARE
[]OSITERVMVIBAMTESOSPITESEMP[]
15[]NVNCGENETRIXTRISTISSICFATAL[]
[]TIVSOPTESMIHIQVETOSOPTIMAMAN[]
[]ADQVEMEROTVMVLVMMIHIINAEVO

[]NTPVBLICIVSEVPLVSETPVBLICI[---]
[---]PARENTESFILIOPIENTISS[---]
20[---]DOMITIVSCALOCAERVSAMICV[---]
[D(is) ] M(anibus).
[---]nti qui vixit
[ann(is) X]VIII, mens(ibus) VII, die(bus) X[---].
[Hic nunc ae]ternas situs sum qui raptus [in arces]
5[annos a] decimo octaum menses qui dies

[suaviloq]ua priscis aequabar doctus in art[e],
[nec potuit] fatum vincere blanda dies.
[Quid mis]eri fletis solito de more parent[es]
[Omnes] aeque rapit Ditis acerba man[us].

10[Et vos pe]r Stigias portabit portitor unda[s],
[cum vitam P]arcae linquen[t] et stamina Clotho.
R[aptum, c]are parens, colito per tempora fa[tis],
[sique voles] semper dulci me voce vocare,
[ad super]os iterum vibam te sospite semp[er].
15[nec tu] nunc, genetrix, tristis sic fata l[acesse],
[sed po]tius optes mihi quetos optima Man[es]
[spargas] adque mero tumulum mihi in aevo.

[Feceru]nt Publicius Euplus et Publici[a ---]
[---] parentes filio pientiss[imo ---]
20[---] Domitius Calocaerus amicu[s ---].
[D(is) ] M(anibus). [---]nti qui vixit [ann(is) X]VIII, mens(ibus) VII, die(bus) X[---].

[Hic nunc ae]ternas situs sum qui raptus [in arces]
[annos a] decimo octaum menses qui dies

[suaviloq]ua priscis aequabar doctus in art[e],
[nec potuit] fatum vincere blanda dies.
[Quid mis]eri fletis solito de more parent[es]
[Omnes] aeque rapit Ditis acerba man[us].

[Et vos pe]r Stigias portabit portitor unda[s],
[cum vitam P]arcae linquen[t] et stamina Clotho.
R[aptum, c]are parens, colito per tempora fa[tis],
[sique voles] semper dulci me voce vocare,
[ad super]os iterum vibam te sospite semp[er].
[nec tu] nunc, genetrix, tristis sic fata l[acesse],
[sed po]tius optes mihi quetos optima Man[es]
[spargas] adque mero tumulum mihi in aevo.
[Feceru]nt Publicius Euplus et Publici[a --- ] parentes filio pientiss[imo --- ] Domitius Calocaerus amicu[s ---].
Apparatus

l.5 reg., orig. octaum
l.14 reg., orig. vibam

Text follows CLE.
l. 1: [---]M , CIL
l. 2: [---]uti , CIL
l. 3: [---]VIII, CIL
l. 4: [sedes ad in]fernas situs sum, qui raptus [ad annum], Cholodniak
l. 5: [vix] decimocta(v)um menses (septem)qu[e] dies[que viginti]. J. Cholodniak believes that an entire verse has been lost and supplies it: [perveni, studiis florens et amore parentum].
l. 10: [omnes pe]r Stigias, Cholodniak
l. 11: linque net stamina, CIL; [et quamvis p]arcae lin[g]ue net stamina Clotho, Cholodniak
l. 12: [at me, c]are parens, colito; per tempora fa[ti], Cholodniak
l. 13: [parce tamen] semper, Cholodniak
l. 15: genitrix, CIL; [desine] nunc genetrix tristis: sic fata f[erebant], Cholodniak
l. 16: [et po]tius optes mihi quetos, optima, man[es], Cholodniak
l. 17: [adspergasque rosa] adque, Cholodniak

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  • NamePublicius Euplus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator
  • NamePublicia
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator
  • NameDomitius Calocaerus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator
  • GenderMale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20) [expression: Non-canonical, precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee

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Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:02:16, ID there: EDR185003
Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-12-07 10:02
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-11 09:31
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-11 09:51
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-11 09:54
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-11 10:17
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-11 10:26
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