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Identification

Reference as: MPL00751
Title Epitaph for a child
Trismegistos-No. 399554

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Tilurium
Find Context
Latitude 43.61
Longitude 16.714
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number 3957A
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type block
Material limestone
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: 31.0 cm

height: 31.2 cm

depth: 16.9 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.8
Letter Size in cm (max) 3.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Unknown

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

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[---]NIVSCF[---]
[---]SANNVHSE[---]
[]ATEPARENSSVPR
[]QVIFATISCONCID
5[---]ECI[---]SINE[---]PVS
[---]ANNVSCVISCIDI
[---]MISERISIPSEPATREM
[]IMIHINATVRA
[]
10------
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[---]nius C(ai) f(ilius) [---]
[---]s ann(os) V h(ic) s(itus) e(st) [---]
[Pro piet]ate parens supr-
[ema haec munera fecit nato,] qui fatis concid-
5[it ante diem.---]eci[---]sine [---]pus
[---]annus cui scidi
[---]miseris. Ipse patrem
[ut decuit, digno tumulasset honore,n]i mihi natura
[heu esset iniqua nimis.]
10------
------ []nius C(ai) f(ilius) [--- ]s ann(os) V h(ic) s(itus) e(st) [---]

[Pro piet]ate parens supr[ema haec munera fecit]
[ nato,] qui fatis concid [it ante diem.]
[---]eci[---]sine [---]pus [---]
annus cui scidi [---]miseris.
Ipse patrem [ut decuit, digno tumulasset honore,]
[n]i mihi natura [heu esset iniqua nimis.] ------
Apparatus

Text follows ILJug. Checked on photo by Lang 2024.

Main Translation

Translation ... [---]nius son of Caius, who died at the age of 5, is buried here.
Out of piety the parent made these last gifts to his son, who had fallen to his fate before his time ... I myself would have buried my father as it is the norm with due honor, if nature, alas, had not been too unjust to me
Citation Gerhard Lang

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Prosopographical Information

  • GenderMale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Canonical]
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 51 AD
Date (To) 100 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • formulae
  • history

Bibliography

Images

  • Epitaph for a child

    Epitaph for a child

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split; photo: C. Cenati

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Gerhard Lang
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