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Reference as: MPL00696
Title Funerary Inscription for Volumnia (Isiaca)
Trismegistos-No. 596959

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Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, unknown
Latitude 0.0
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State of Preservation complete
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Religion

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

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
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Inscription & Translations

VOLVMNIAEISIACAE

OSSASVB[]A[]LAPIDVMFELICIAMOLEQVIESCVNT
SACRAANIMAMIN[]VPTEVIRGINISAVLA[]ENE[]
Volumniae Isiacae.

Ossa sub [h]a[c] lapidum felicia mole quiescunt,
sacra animam in[n]upte virginis aula [t]ene[t].
Volumniae Isiacae.

Ossa sub [h]a[c] lapidum felicia mole quiescunt,
sacra animam in[n]upte virginis aula [t]ene[t].
Apparatus

l.1 reg., orig. Isiacae

Text follows CIL.
Attributed it to the Isiac cult because of the Isiac designation (SIRIS).
The Christian poem follows pagan archetypes (Cholodniak).
l. 1: The Isiac designation signifies a worshipper of Isis, never a cognomen (SIRIS), -(Malaise). Solin suggests, it is a cognomen because of the preceding gentile name.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameVolumnia (Isiaca)
    GenderFemale
    ProfessionReligious staff
    RoleDedicatee

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:10:33, ID there: EDR186344
Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-12-07 10:10
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-14 12:51
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-14 12:57
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-14 13:00
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-14 13:07
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-14 13:07
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-14 16:23
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