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Identification

Reference as: MPL00742
Title Funerary inscription for a child
Trismegistos-No. 183692

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Salona
Find Context
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number 1075A
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material mosaic
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 133.0 cm

height: 60.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 7.2
Letter Size in cm (max) 8.4
Execution Technique written with mosaic tiles
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography The inscription is contained in a mosaic frame
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • 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)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Mixed scheme

Inscription & Translations


[]STQVAM[]OLVNTAS
[]IDESPOSTQVAMDOCTRINAREPLEVIT
[]VSABISTVNCGAVDIALARGAPARENTVM
[]MESTOTECVMSVBPVLVERECONDIS
5[···]DEVSQV[]ORMAVITETAVFERT
[]ACCIPIATSERVETQVEADGAV[]MBRVM

[ Ad vivos misit po?]stquam [te celsa v]oluntas
[annos et vir]ides postquam doctrina replevit
[tunc?lacrimat]us abis tunc gaudia larga parentum
[spesque omnes?] mesto tecum sub pulvere condis
5[omni potens...] deus qu[i te f]ormavit et aufert
[clemens] accipiat servetque ad gau[dia me]mbrum.

[ Ad vivos misit po?]stquam [te celsa v]oluntas
[annos et vir]ides postquam doctrina replevit
[tunc?lacrimat]us abis tunc gaudia larga parentum
[spesque omnes?] mesto tecum sub pulvere condis
[omni potens...] deus qu[i te f]ormavit et aufert
[clemens] accipiat servetque ad gau[dia me]mbrum.
Apparatus

Text follows CLE, Egger, Marin et al. 2010. Proofed on picture by Pokorny 2024.
l. 1: [In lucem po]stquam [te fudit celsa CIL, CLE, Marin et al. 2010; [Ad vivos misit po]stquam [te celsa] Egger
l. 3: [heu lacrimat]us CIL
l. 4: [spes laetas] CIL
l. 5: [At super astra] CLE, Marin et al. 2010; [omnipotensque] CIL; [at nunc quippe] Egger

Main Translation

Translation After the sublime will has poured you out into the light,
And after the teaching filled the green years,
ah, just then you go away mourned by all,
then you bury with you the rich joys of parents,
and all their hopes, under the sad earth,
and now may God, who created you and took you away,
receive you mercifully and may he lead you to the joys of heaven.
Citation Anna Pokorny

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • Age RangeInfant (0–12)
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 501 AD
Date (To) 600 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • history
  • language

Bibliography

Images

  • Funerary inscription for a child

    Funerary inscription for a child

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-01-10 21:08
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-01-10 21:12
  3. by Anna Pokorny
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  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-01-12 13:09
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-01-15 15:40
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-01-19 13:11
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-02 14:16
  12. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 22:33
  13. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 22:36
  14. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 22:40
  15. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-22 15:28
  16. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-22 15:28
  17. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-03-04 14:32
  18. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-03-17 09:40
  19. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-03-17 09:56
  20. by Chiara Cenati
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  21. by Chiara Cenati
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