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Identification

Reference as: MPL00688
Title Funerary inscription for Lucius Malius Epagathus
Trismegistos-No. 596272

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, unknown
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Ravenna, Museo Nazionale
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation
Dimensions

width: 52.0 cm

height: 33.4 cm

depth: 2.5 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.2
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.4
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

[]MS
[---]EPVERLMALIVSEPAGATHVSQVIVIXIT
[]BVSLXXV
HICFVERATSIMILISROSEOCVPIDINE
[]MYSERIPOSVIMVSHICIMMATVRVPARENTESSEXGOS
5[]ESTVSETMALIAAMANDASCELERATIHVICENIMSILI
[]VIVEREPLVRIBVSANNISCONFERRENDVSERATLATONIO
[]OETSEMELEIOBROMIOAVTANYMPISADAMATONAR
[]SOMAGNAMQVIDEMHABVISSEMVSGAVDIAGENITORES
[]HVRAMEROSEMPERINPOSVISSEMVSINPLENOFREQVENTER
10LAVREACAPITIBVSCONFREQVENTAREMVSTEMPLADEORVM
NVNCQVIANONLICVITFRVNISCINOSTRVMAVERAPTVM[-]
NYMEDENVELIMQVIDEMFACERENTCAELESTIAFAT[]
IREMVSPROPERESADNOSTRVMINMATVRVTVENDVM
[D(is) ] M(anibus) s(acrum)
[---]e puer L(ucius) Malius Epagathus qui vixit
[an(nis) [---] die]bus LXXV.
Hic fuerat similis roseo Cupidine
[vultu, quem] myseri posuimus hic immaturu(m) parentes Sex(tus) Gos-
5[enius F]estus et Malia Amanda scelerati. Huic enim si li-
[cuisset] vivere pluribus annis, confer{r}endus erat Latonio
[Phoeb]o et Semeleio Bromio aut a nymp⸢h⸣is adamato Nar-
[cis]so. Magna{m} quidem habuissemus gaudia genitores,
[t]hura mero semper inposuissemus in pleno, frequenter
10laurea capitibus, confrequentaremus templa deorum.
Nunc quia non licuit frunisci nostrum ave raptum [Ga-]
nymeden. Velim quidem facerent caelestia fat[a ut]
iremus properes ad nostrum inmaturu(m) tuendum.
[D(is) ] M(anibus) s(acrum) [---]e puer L(ucius) Malius Epagathus qui vixit [an(nis) [---] die]bus LXXV.

Hic fuerat similis roseo Cupidine [vultu],
[quem] myseri posuimus hic immaturu(m) parentes Sex(tus) Gos[enius F]estus et Malia Amanda scelerati.
Huic enim si li|[cuisset] vivere pluribus annis,
confer{r}endus erat Latonio [Phoeb]o et Semeleio Bromio
aut a nymp⸢h⸣is adamato Nar|[cis]so.
Magna{m} quidem habuissemus gaudia genitores,
[t]hura mero semper inposuissemus in pleno, frequenter
laurea capitibus, confrequentaremus templa deorum.
Nunc quia non licuit frunisci nostrum ave raptum [Ga-]nymeden.
Velim quidem facerent caelestia fat[a ut]
iremus properes ad nostrum inmaturu(m) tuendum.
Apparatus

l.3 reg., orig. Cupidine
l.4 reg., orig. myseri
l.7 sic, orig.
l.13 reg., orig. properes

Text follows CLE, picture checked by A. Gangoly in 2022.
ll. 4-5: ⌜C⌝os[inius?] (CIL); Gos[conius] (CLE).
l. 10: laurea(m) capitibus (Cholodniak).
l. 12: fat[a, ut eode(m)] (Cholodniak).

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameLucius Malius Epagathus
    GenderMale
    Age Range [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameSextus Gosenius Festus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator
  • NameMalia Amanda
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

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

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:09:51, ID there: EDR186346
Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-12-07 10:09
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-14 09:09
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-14 09:23
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-14 09:24
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-14 09:25
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-14 09:27
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-14 09:30
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-14 13:48
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-14 13:51
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-14 15:02
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-14 15:05
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