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Identification

Reference as: MPL00750
Title Funerary inscription for M. Octavius Rufus
Trismegistos-No. 182081

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Ε olta, island
Find Context
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number 4726A
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 108.0 cm

height: 51.4 cm

depth: 13.4 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.8
Letter Size in cm (max) 3.8
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Unknown

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography The inscription is written within a frame
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Centered
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partyes
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate words - Interpunction

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


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[---]O
[---]SIMMATER
[]IMOQVIMIHIFLORE
PERITPERCVSSVSCORNVBVBVS
5DVMPABVLAPONIT
ADQVEMDVMCVRRODVMMISERANTEPERIT
INFELIXSGENETRIXDITITRIAFVNERADVXSI
LVGEBAMNATASCVMMIHINATVSOBIT
QVODSVPERESTMATRISALTEMCONCEDITE
10MANIS
VTSINTQVIVOLTVSPOSTMEAFATAPREMANT
MOCTAVIPVLLI
FRVFI

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[--- fili]o
[--- infelicis]sim(a) mater
[aetatis pr]imo qui mihi flore
peri(i)t percussus cornu bubus
5dum pabula ponit
ad quem dum curro dum miser ante peri(i)t
infelix{s} genetrix Diti tria funera dux{s}i
lugebam natas cum mihi natus obi(i)t
quod superest matri saltem concedite
10 manis
ut sint qui voltus post mea fata premant
M(arci) Octavi Pulli
f(ilii) Rufi
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[ fili]o
[--- infelicis]sim(a) mater
[aetatis pr]imo qui mihi flore
peri(i)t percussus cornu bubus dum pabula ponit
ad quem dum curro dum miser ante peri(i)t
infelix{s} genetrix Diti tria funera dux{s}i
lugebam natas cum mihi natus obi(i)t
quod superest matri saltem concedite manis
ut sint qui voltus post mea fata premant
M(arci) Octavi Pulli f(ilii) Rufi
Apparatus

l.10 reg., orig. manis

Text follows ILJug and Cugusi 2007. Checked against photo by Kettner 2024.

Main Translation

Translation ... to (for) the son ... the most unfortunate mother, who died on me in his first bloom, when cows gored him with their horns as he was feeding them. As I ran towards him, he already died before my arrival. An unlucky mother, I led three funerals to Dis, as I still mourned my little girls when my son died. You Spirits of the Departed, at least grant this mother to keep what is left, so that there is anyone who may close my eyes after my own death.

For Marcus Octavius Rufus, son of Pullus.
Citation Nathalie Marie Kettner/Peter Kruschwitz

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameMarcus Octavius Rufus (son of Pullus)
    GenderMale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: low]
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
  • NameMarcus Octavus Pullus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [precision: undetermined]
    OriginUnknown
    Legal StatusRoman citizen

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 100 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography
  • prosopography

Bibliography

Images

  • Funerary inscription for M. Octavius Rufus

    Funerary inscription for M. Octavius Rufus

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split; photo: Chiara Cenati

  • Funerary inscription for M. Octavius Rufus (detail)

    Funerary inscription for M. Octavius Rufus (detail)

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split; photo: Chiara Cenati

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Nathalie Marie Kettner
Work Status Confirmed
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  49. by Chiara Cenati
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  50. by Peter Kruschwitz
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