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Identification

Reference as: MPL00702
Title Fragmentary funerary inscription
Trismegistos-No. 597014

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Roma, via Labicana
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano
Inventory number 39804
Current Location Details magazzino epigrafico
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type sarcophagus
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary (non-adjoining fragments)
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
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

[---]OCVLA·[---]

[---]VTSEMPERCRVC[---]
[---]HICERATILLEPVER[---]
[---]ELAEPARVOSBR[---]
5[---]IVSETIPSASOR[---]
[---]ATANONTENVITPH[---]
[---]DEACVIVSABORER[---]
[---]LLAETRVBORINFA[---]
ACTRI[---]D[---]PVERINSTVDIIS[---]
10CVNC[---]SVPERCAEL[---]ECCESVOSLVDO[---]
VITAQVECVMGEMITV[---]GNABATINOMNI[---]
INCVRAFRAVDATADIVSITIENS[---]ITATVRETCVPIT[---]
HIMIHICERNENTESRVTILANTIASIDER[---]EMANSVOLVN[---]
[]IGITISOPERIRENTLVMENINANECVR[---]COMICAIA[---]
15COMPONEREMEMBRAFAVILLAACTVM[---]ONEFACETO[---]
TVMVLARENTOFORTVNADVPLEXAD·[---]OTVVOLT[---]
[---]ocula+[---]

[---] ut semper cruc[---].
[---] Hic erat ille puer [---]
[---]elae parvos br[---]
5[---]ụius et ipsa sorọ[---]
[---]ṇata non tenuit phạ[---]
[---] dea, cuius ab ore r[---]
[---]lla et rubor in fa[---].
Ac tri[---] dạ[---]ọ puer in studiis ạ[---]
10cunc[---] super cael[---] ecce suos ludo [---]
vitaque cum gemitu f̣[---]ẹgnabat in omni [---]
in cura fraudata diu sitiens [---]itatur et cupit ị[---].
hi mihi cernentes rutilantia siderạ[---]e mans volun[---]
[d]igitis operirent lumen inane curạ [---] comica iaṃ [---]
15componere membra favilla ac tum[---]one faceto [---],
tumularent. O Fortuna duplex ad+[---]otu volt [---].
[---]ocula+[---
---] ut semper cruc[---]. [---] Hic erat ille puer [--- ]elae parvos br[--- ]ụius et ipsa sorọ[--- ]ṇata non tenuit phạ[--- ] dea, cuius ab ore r[--- ]lla et rubor in fa[---]. Ac tri[---] dạ[---]ọ puer in studiis ạ[---] cunc[---] super cael[---] ecce suos ludo [---] vitaque cum gemitu f̣[---]ẹgnabat in omni [---] in cura fraudata diu sitiens [---]itatur et cupit ị[---]. hi mihi cernentes rutilantia siderạ[---]e mans volun[--- d]igitis operirent lumen inane curạ [---] comica iaṃ [---] componere membra favilla ac tum[---]one faceto [---], tumularent. O Fortuna duplex ad+[---]otu volt [---].
Apparatus

l.16 reg., orig. volt

Text follows CIL, picture checked by M. Tasso in 2022.
l. 1: [---pr]ocul a[spice---] (CLE)-(MQDQ); name of dedicator and/or dedicatee (CIL).
l. 2: cruci[at miserum Fortuna parentem] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 3: puer [cunctis dum vixit amatus] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 4: [cui t]elae parvos br[evis orsus Fata dederunt] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 5-6: [c]ụius et ipsa soror [Phoebi visu furi]ata non tenuit pha[retram livens] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 7-8: dea, cuius ab ore b[landa fluunt me]lla et rubor in fac[ie rosa fulget] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 9 (fr. a): [Adsidu]o puer in studiis a[tque artis amore] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 9 (fr. b): Ac tri[bus est] da[ta nunc requies et in aethere sedes] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 10 (fr. a): [deditus] ecce suos ludo [captabat amoeno] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 10 (fr. b): cunc[ta] super cael[i: mihi soli cura relicta est] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 11 (fr. a): [festivisque iocis coetu re]gnabat in omni (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 11 (fr. b): vitaque cum gemitu f[letuque miserrima somno] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 12 (fr. a): [dum lepidos versus med]itatur et cupit [---] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 12 (fr. b): sitiens [Stygis undas] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 13 (fr. a): [---]e mans volun[at ---] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 13 (fr. b): siderạ [caeli] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 14-16 (fr. a): [O utinam d]igitis operirent lumen inane cura[rentque levi] componere membra favilla ac tum[ulo sic ut decuit patrem] tumularent. O Fortuna duplex ad [acerbos promptior ictus] (CLE)-(MQDQ).
l. 14-16 (fr. b): Comica iam [uirtus nituit serm]one faceto, [cum rapido Fatum m]otu uult [omnia uerti] (CLE)-(MQDQ).

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Dating

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

Bibliography

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  • EDCS-23801363

Editing History

Created 2025-05-28, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:11:03, ID there: EDR186333
Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-12-07 10:11
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-21 10:08
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-21 11:30
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-28 10:24
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-28 11:45
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-28 12:12
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-28 12:13
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-05-28 12:20
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-05-28 12:32
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