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Identification

Reference as: MPL00615
Title Funerary inscription for Symphorusa
Trismegistos-No. 589024

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, unknown (first seen in Rome, S. Maria in Traspontina)
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details unknown/lost
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

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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)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

SYMPHORVSAE
VETTIAMEGISTEET
MVETTIVSONESIMVS
ALVMNAEDVLCISSIMAE
5FECERVNT
VIXITANNVNOMENSIXIDIEBXX

NATASETINLACHRIMASSOLVMDOLOROMNIBVSIN[]
HICSITASVMVIXITEMPVSINANEME[]
ANNVSERATVITAEPRIMVSMOXDEINDESECVNDI
10LIMINIBVSRAPVITMESIBIPERSEPHONE
Symphorusae
Vettia Megiste et
M(arcus) Vettius Onesimus
alumnae dulcissimae
5fecerunt,
vixit ann(o) uno, mensi(bus) XI, dieb(us) XX.

Nata, set in lachrimas solum, dolor omnibus, in[fans]
hic sita sum, vixi tempus inane me[is].
Annus erat vitae primus, mox deinde secundi
10liminibus rapuit me sibi Persephone.
Symphorusae Vettia Megiste et M(arcus) Vettius Onesimus alumnae dulcissimae fecerunt, vixit ann(o) uno, mensi(bus) XI, dieb(us) XX.

Nata, set in lachrimas solum, dolor omnibus, in[fans]
hic sita sum, vixi tempus inane me[is].
Annus erat vitae primus, mox deinde secundi
liminibus rapuit me sibi Persephone.
Apparatus

l.7 reg., orig. set | reg., orig. lachrimas

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameSymphorusa
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameVettia Megiste
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator
  • NameMarcus Vettius Onesimus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:03:43, ID there: EDR185027
Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-12-07 10:03
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-11 16:01
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-11 16:07
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-11 16:10
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-11 16:11
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-11 16:57
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-11 16:58
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