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Identification

Reference as: MPL00686
Title Funerary inscription for Iulia Calonice
Trismegistos-No. 596122

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, S. Paolo fuori le mura, 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 72685 [fr. a]; inv. 57606 [fr. b]
Current Location Details Baths of Diocletian
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 42.0 cm

height: 33.0 cm

depth: 1.9 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
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DM
IVLIAECALONICEFEC
MIVLIVSHERMESCONBM
VIXANXXVI

5CALONICERARISSIMAFEMINAFEC[]
RECTENEGOTIONOSTROHECQVA
TIBIREDDEREMVNERA
FECIBENEMERENT[]
INAEO
D(is) M(anibus).
Iuliae Calonice fec(it)
M(arcus) Iulius Hermes con(iugi) b(ene) m(erenti),
vix(it) an(nis) XXVI.

5Calonice rarissima femina fec[it]
recte negotio nostro hec quaṃ
tibi reddere munera.
Feci bene merent[i]
in aeo.
D(is) M(anibus). Iuliae Calonice fec(it) M(arcus) Iulius Hermes con(iugi) b(ene) m(erenti), vix(it) an(nis) XXVI.

Calonice rarissima femina fec[it]
recte negotio nostro hec quaṃ tibi reddere munera.
Feci bene merent[i] in aeo.
Apparatus

l.6 reg., orig. hec
l.8 reg., orig. aeo

Text follows CIL, picture checked by D. Murzea in 2022.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameIulia Calonice
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameM. Iulius Hermes
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

The measurements refer to fragment a.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

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

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Editing History

Created 2025-09-03, by Denisa Murzea
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:09:41, ID there: EDR186698
Revisions
  1. by Denisa Murzea
    at 2023-12-07 10:09
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-01 13:56
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-01 14:00
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-01 14:01
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-01 14:01
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-09-03 14:09
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-09-03 16:51
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-09-03 16:52
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