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Identification

Reference as: MPL00753
Title Dedicatory inscription on a Christian altar
Trismegistos-No. 182002

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Omiš
Find Context
Latitude 43.4362
Longitude 16.8633
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number 4439A+ 4440A+4441A
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type altar
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary (adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: 45.8 cm

height: 21.0 cm

depth: 13.4 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 4.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Symbol / cross

Verse Layouts

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

Text

Function literary quotation
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


crux QVISQV[]SAMATD[]
HANCM[]NSAMIN[]

((crux))Quisqu[i]s amat d[ictis absentum rodere vitam]
hanc m[e]nsam in[dignam noverit esse sibi]

((crux))Quisqu[i]s amat d[ictis absentum rodere vitam]
hanc m[e]nsam in[dignam noverit esse sibi]
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation I want you to know: Anyone who loves to missay those who are is absent, it should be known that this table is denied to him at all.
Citation Gerhard Lang

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Prosopographical Information

Further Information

Comment

The text reproduces a quotation from the Vita Augustini 22, 6.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 451 AD
Date (To) 600 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history
  • archaeology

Bibliography

Images

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    Dedicatory inscription on an altar table

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Gerhard Lang
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
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