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Identification

Reference as: MPL00639
Title Fragmentary funerary inscription
Trismegistos-No. 583225

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location unknown
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Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary (adjoining fragments)
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)
  • Dactylic hexameter
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


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[---]I[---]
[]O[]VNAMALISNVNCQVA[]
[]AMBREVISHEVMISEROVITAEPA[]

ACCIPENVNCCINERESMISERIS[]
5ETPRADATAMEISPARCEVENENA[]
[]LTIMAFATORVMPASSVRVSPER[]
ETMORTISREQVIEMREDDITVS[]
NONQVONIAMINDIGNETVLIMV[]
CVMMVLTIEXVNDISRAPTISCOPV[]
10NECMORTEMMISERISEDMALA[]
NVNCEGOVOSOROVENTVRIA[]
[]TAQVECONCORDESHABIT[]

[---]ECTIBIPROMERITISPO[---]
[---]MANESHA[---]
15[---]VLIIO[---]
[]NFENSAQVELEV[---]
MANIBVSECCETV[---]
ETMERITISPRAE[---]
NVLLAFIDESM[---]
20SIQVAERISLEG[---]
REDDITANOST[---]
ETMEDITATAM[---]
HAECESTNOSTRA[---]
QVAESOLENT[---]

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[---]I[---]
[Heu F]o[rt]una malis nuncqua[m non laeta rapinis],
[qu]am brevis heu misero vitae pa[rs est data nato].

Accipe nunc cineres miseri S[tyge perfruere arta]
5et pradata meis parce venena [dare].
[U]ltima fatorum passurus per[tulit undas]
et mortis requiem redditus [intrat humo].
non quoniam indigne tulimu[s perisse per undas]
cum multi ex undis rapti scopu[lisque supersint],
10nec mortem miseri sed mala [nostra queror].
nunc ego vos oro venturi a[evi meminisse]
[tec]taque concordes habit[are paterna velitis]

[---]ec tibi pro meritis po[sui ---]
[---] Manes ha[---]
15[---]V LIIO[---]
[i]nfensaque lev[---]
Manibus ecce tu[is ---]
et meritis prae[---]
nulla fides m[---]
20si quaeris leg[---]
reddita nost[---]
et meditata m[---]
haec est nostra [---]
quae solent [---].

------
[---]I[---]
[Heu F]o[rt]una malis nuncqua[m non laeta rapinis],
[qu]am brevis heu misero vitae pa[rs est data nato].

Accipe nunc cineres miseri S[tyge perfruere arta]
et pradata meis parce venena [dare].
[U]ltima fatorum passurus per[tulit undas]
et mortis requiem redditus [intrat humo].
non quoniam indigne tulimu[s perisse per undas]
cum multi ex undis rapti scopu[lisque supersint],
nec mortem miseri sed mala [nostra queror].
nunc ego vos oro venturi a[evi meminisse]
[tec]taque concordes habit[are paterna velitis]

[---]ec tibi pro meritis po[sui ---]
[---] Manes ha[---]
[---]V LIIO[---]
[i]nfensaque lev[---]
Manibus ecce tu[is ---]
et meritis prae[---]
nulla fides m[---]
si quaeris leg[---]
reddita nost[---]
et meditata m[---]
haec est nostra [---]
quae solent [---].
Apparatus

l.5 reg., orig. pradata

Text follows CIL, drawing checked by D. Murzea in 2022.
l. 4: S[tyge perfruere arta] (CLE)
l. 8: tulimu[s crudelis fata] (CLE)
l. 11: a[dvertite signa] (CLE)
l. 12: habit[ate in luce parentum] (CLE)
l. 13: [ha]ec (CLE)
l. 24: solent[ur ---] (CLE)

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Created 2025-08-06, by Denisa Murzea
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:05:45, ID there: EDR186254
Revisions
  1. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2023-12-07 10:05
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-08-06 12:39
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-08-06 12:53
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-08-06 12:57
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-08-06 14:44
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-08-06 14:46
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