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Identification

Reference as: MPL00683
Title Funerary inscription for Cn. Domitius Proculus
Trismegistos-No. 595724

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, nearby S. Paolo fuori le mura, during the construction works of the water collector on the left bank of the Tevere.
Latitude 41.8575
Longitude 12.4773
Current Location Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano
Inventory number 57664
Current Location Details Baths of Diocletian
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen + subscriptum
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
  • Iambic senarius
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

DISMAN
CNDOMITIO
PROCVLO

QVAMDVLCISFVERATPRIMVS
5NATALISMEISSEDINIQVOFAT
RAPTVSNONEGIALTERVM
ANNVCLVSMENSVMSEPTEM
CARVISPIRITVMEREPTVSILLIS
ADLEVESVMBRASVAGOR

10QVIDMATERVENTREMLACERAS?

QVIDPECTORAPLANGIS?CAVERE
FATVMNEMORTALISPOTEST

CNDOMITIVS
VERECVNDVS
Dis Man(ibus).
Cn(aeo) Domitio
Proculo.

Quam dulcis fuerat primus
5natalis meis, sed iniquo fat(o)
raptus non egi alterum.
Annuclus mensum septem
carui spiritum, ereptus illis
ad leves umbras vagor.

10Quid mater ventrem laceras?

Quid pectora plangis? Cavere
fatum nemo <mo>rtalis potest.

Cn(aeus) Domitius
Verecundus.
Dis Man(ibus). Cn(aeo) Domitio Proculo.

Quam dulcis fuerat primus natalis meis,
sed iniquo fat(o) raptus non egi alterum.
Annuclus mensum septem carui spiritum,
ereptus illis ad leves umbras vagor.

Quid mater ventrem laceras?

Quid pectora plangis? Cavere
fatum nemo <mo>rtalis potest.
Cn(aeus) Domitius Verecundus.
Apparatus

l.7 reg., orig. mensum

Text follows CIL, corrected and checked with picture by D. Murzea in 2022.
l. 12: potes (CIL)

Main Translation

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameCn. Domitius Proculus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Non-canonical, precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameCn. Domitius Verecundus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography
  • archaeology
  • formulae

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Editing History

Created 2025-09-03, by Denisa Murzea
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:09:26, ID there: EDR186695
Revisions
  1. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2023-12-07 10:09
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-01 11:57
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-01 12:03
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-01 12:04
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-01 12:05
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-03 14:12
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-09-03 16:04
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-09-03 16:07
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-09-03 16:08
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-09-03 16:15
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