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Identification

Reference as: MPL00681
Title Funerary inscription for Attia Evita and Attius Bassus
Trismegistos-No. 595258

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, via Ostiense, S. Paolo fuori le mura, nei pressi
Latitude 41.8575
Longitude 12.4773
Current Location Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano
Inventory number 59818
Current Location Details Baths of Diocletian
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 26.2 cm

height: 55.2 cm

depth: 4.6 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
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Unclear rhythm
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

ATTIAEQLEVITAE
QATTIVSHERMESLIB
CARISSIMAE
DEQVA
DOLOREMHOCSOLVM
5TVLIT
VIXITANNIS
XXVIIIETBASSOFIL
Attiae Q(uinti) l(ibertae) Evitae
Q(uintus) Attius Hermes lib(ertus)
carissimae,
de qua
dolorem hoc solum
5tulit,
vixit annis
XXVIII et Basso fil(io).
Attiae Q(uinti) l(ibertae) Evitae Q(uintus) Attius Hermes lib(ertus) carissimae,

de qua dolorem hoc solum tulit,
vixit annis XXVIII et Basso fil(io).
Apparatus

Text follows CIL, picture checked by Vari in 2022.

Main Translation

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameAttia Evita
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameQuintus Attius Hermes
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicator
  • NameAttius Bassus
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusFreedman / Freedwoman
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography

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Editing History

Created 2025-12-17, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:09:16, ID there: EDR184574
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2023-12-07 10:09
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-03 14:13
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-12-16 12:00
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-12-17 13:48
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-12-17 13:49
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