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Identification

Reference as: MPL00621
Title Funerary inscription for Hyparchus
Trismegistos-No. 590040

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, via Pinciana
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Modena, Museo Lapidario Estense
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 36.0 cm

height: 37.4 cm

depth: 4.4 cm

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
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    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

VALERIANOVELLAMATER
HYPARCHVSALVMNVS

BISBINOSVIXDVMCOMPLEVERATANNOS
ETNIMIVMIATOCITIVSDEPVLSVSINANTROST
5NECLICVITLVMENFATOSVPERAREPARENTES
VENITINIQVADIESETACERBAETERMINISHORA
VTTITVLVMMISERILACHRIMISIMPLERETACERBIS
VIVITEFELICESSVPERIQVORVMFORTVNABEATAST

VALERIANOVELLAMATERHAVEETTV
10FRATERHYPARCHE
ZETEMA:
PLENVMETINANVM
Valeria Novella mater,
Hyparchus alumnus,

bis binos vix(it) dum compleverat annos
et nimium iato citius depulsus in antrost
5nec licuit lumen fato superare parentes.
venit iniqua dies et acerbae terminis hora,
ut titulum miseri lachrimis impleret acerbis.
vìvite felices superi quorum fortuna beatast.

Valeria Novella mater have et tu
10frater Hyparche.
Zetema:
plenum et inanum.
Valeria Novella mater, Hyparchus alumnus,

bis binos vix(it) dum compleverat annos
et nimium iato citius depulsus in antrost
nec licuit lumen fato superare parentes.
venit iniqua dies et acerbae terminis hora,
ut titulum miseri lachrimis impleret acerbis.
vìvite felices superi quorum fortuna beatast.
Valeria Novella mater have et tu frater Hyparche. Zetema: plenum et inanum.
Apparatus

l.4 reg., orig. iato | reg., orig. antrost
l.6 reg., orig. acerbae
l.7 reg., orig. lachrimis
l.8 reg., orig. beatast
l.9 reg., orig. have
l.12 reg., orig. inanum

Text follows CIL, drawing checked by V. González in 2023.
ll. 3-8: dactylic hexameters.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameHyparchus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Canonical]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameValeria Novella
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • language
  • palaeography

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Editing History

Created 2025-02-22, by Victoria González Berdús
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:04:14, ID there: EDR184124
Revisions
  1. by Victoria González Berdús
    at 2023-12-07 10:04
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-19 12:17
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-19 12:23
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-19 12:33
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-19 12:35
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-19 12:37
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-19 12:37
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-21 10:43
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-22 16:46
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