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Identification

Reference as: MPL00700
Title Funerary inscription from Rome
Trismegistos-No. 597012

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Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Longitude 0.0
Current Location Lost
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Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type
Material unknown
State of Preservation complete
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width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique unknown
Religion Pagan

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  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


MOLLITEROSSACVBENTDICATROGOQVISOVEVIATOR:
SICTIBIDEFVNCTODICEREDIIVBEANT

Molliter ossa cubent dicat rogo quisove viator:
sic tibi defuncto dicere di iubeant.

Molliter ossa cubent dicat rogo quisove viator:
sic tibi defuncto dicere di iubeant.
Apparatus

l.1 reg., orig. quisove

Text follows CIL and CLE, drawing checked by M. Tasso in 2022.
l. 1: molliter ossa cubent est, cf. Ov. am. 1, 8, 108; epist. 7, 162; trist. 3, 3, 76.

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Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

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

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Editing History

Created 2025-05-28, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:10:53, ID there: EDR186337
Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-12-07 10:10
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-21 09:47
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-21 09:47
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-21 09:49
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-28 09:58
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-28 11:33
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-28 12:04
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-28 12:17
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-28 12:39
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