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Identification

Reference as: MPL00633
Title Funerary inscription from Rome
Trismegistos-No. 591602

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Rome, S. Prisca, floor (in reuse)
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 PresenceCarmen
    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

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SICPIASICFELIXSICQVODVITABEATA
CONTIGITETCVNCTISAVXILIANSBONITAS
NOSTAMENHICCRVCIATDOLORINTIMVSETPIACVRA
QVODTEFESTINANSAPSTVLITATRADIES
5NVMINATVNCINFERNAPRECOR:PATRIDATELVCOS
INQVIPVRPVREVSPERPETVVSQVEDIES
HICCERTEVTMERVITCVNCTASTDATACVRASEPVLCRO
TEXERVNTQVEFAVIDESICVLISAPIBVS
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sic pia, sic felix, sic quod vita beata
contigit et cunctis auxilians bonitas.
nos tamen hic cruciat dolor intimus et pia cura
quod te festinans apstulit atra dies.
5Numina tunc inferna precor: patri date lucos
in qui purpureus perpetuusque dies.
hic certe ut meruit cunctast data cura sepulcro
texeruntque favi de Siculis apibus.
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sic pia, sic felix, sic quod vita beata
contigit et cunctis auxilians bonitas.
nos tamen hic cruciat dolor intimus et pia cura
quod te festinans apstulit atra dies.
Numina tunc inferna precor: patri date lucos
in qui purpureus perpetuusque dies.
hic certe ut meruit cunctast data cura sepulcro
texeruntque favi de Siculis apibus.
Apparatus

l.4 reg., orig. apstulit
l.7 reg., orig. cunctast

Text follows CIL, drawing checked by V. González in 2023.

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Editing History

Created 2025-02-23, by Victoria González Berdús
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:05:16, ID there: EDR184174
Revisions
  1. by Victoria González Berdús
    at 2023-12-07 10:05
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-19 16:31
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-19 16:38
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-21 11:03
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-23 17:04
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-23 17:07
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