Inscriptions: Epitaph for the Methodic doctor Marcus Modius Asiaticus

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00757
Title	Epitaph for the Methodic doctor Marcus Modius Asiaticus
Trismegistos-No.	864155

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Smyrna
Find Context
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
Inventory number	57.5
Current Location Details	Located in the "Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques" of the Bibliotèque Nationale de France
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Object Details

Object Type	statue
Material	marble
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 35.0 cm height: 52.0 cm depth: 22.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	0.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	0.0
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	The first four lines of text (l.1-4) form an elegiac couplet and they are located on the chest of the bust. The last two lines (l.5-6) are in prose and they are carved in the base of the bust.
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence	Verse + Prose
Prose Verse Distinction	Yes, by other signs
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No, but follows metrical subdivisions
Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading	To mark the continuation of a verse in the following line (indentation)

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

ΙΗΤΗΡΜΕΘΟΔΟΥΑΣΙΑΤΙΚΕΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΑ
ΧΑΙΡΕ
ΠΟΛΛΑΜΕΝΕΣΘΛΑΠΑΘΩΝ
ΦΡΕΣΙΠΟΛΛΑΔΕΛΥΓΡΑ

5ΜΜΟΔΙΟΣΑΣΙΑΤΙΚΟΣ
ΙΑΤΡΟΣΜΕΘΟΔΙΚΟΣ

ἰητὴρ μεθόδου, Ἀσιατικέ, προστάτα,
χαῖρε
πολλὰ μὲν ἐσθλὰ παθὼν
φρεσί, πολλὰ δὲ λυγρά.

5Μ(ᾶρκος) Μόδιος Ἀσιατικός
ἰατρὸς μεθοδικός.

ἰητὴρ μεθόδου, Ἀσιατικέ, προστάτα, χαῖρε
πολλὰ μὲν ἐσθλὰ παθὼν φρεσί, πολλὰ δὲ λυγρά.

Μ(ᾶρκος) Μόδιος Ἀσιατικός ἰατρὸς μεθοδικός.

Apparatus

Text follows I.Smyrn 01, 00537

Main Translation

Translation
Citation

Other Translations

Arzt Asiaticus, Schulhaupt der "Methodiker", sei gegrüsst, der du viel Gutes erlebt hast in deinem Sinn und (auch) viel Schlimmes.
(Hier liegt) Modius Asiaticus, Arst aus der "methodischen" Schule. (German, Merkelbach, Stauber 1998)
Arzt Asiatikos, Vorsteher der methodischen Schule, lebe wohl! Viel Edles hast du in deinem Sinn erfahren, auch viel Unseliges.
M. Modius Asiatikos, Arzt der methodischen Schule. (German, Petzl 1983(I.Smyrn I, 00537))
Médecin à la tête de la méthode, Asiaticus, adieu! Tu as connu bien des bonheurs et bien des chagrins en ton cœur.
Marcus Modicus Asiaticus, médecin methodique. (French , Samama 2003)

Prosopographical Information

Name Μᾶρκος Μόδιος Ἀσιατικός (Marcus Modius Asiaticus)
Gender Male
Profession Other profession
Role Dedicatee

Name	Μᾶρκος Μόδιος Ἀσιατικός (Marcus Modius Asiaticus)
Gender	Male
Profession	Other profession
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	90 AD
Date (To)	120 AD
Date (Criteria)	archaeology

Bibliography

I.Smyrna 01, 00537
CIG 03283
G. Kaibel, Epigrammata Graeca ex lapidibus conlecta, Berolini 1878, no. 306. 🔗 link
H. Grotius, F. Dübner et al., Epigrammatum anthologia palatina cum Planudeis et appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum, Paris 1871, no. 641. 🔗 link
GVI 01395
G. Richter, The Portraits of the Greeks.Volume Three, 1965, 282, no. 2021 (with photo) - SEG28 🔗 link
J. Benedum, Markos Modios Asiatik, Medizinhistorisches Journal 3/4 13 (1978), 307-309 (with German translation) - SEG 28. 🔗 link
SEG 28, 00886.
J. Inan, E. Alfoldi Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträtplastik aus der Türkei, 1979, no. 114 - SEG 28. 🔗 link
A. Hillert, Antike Ärztedarstellungen, Frankfurt 1990, 122-124, no. 17, photo pl. 22. 🔗 link
É. Samama, Les médecins dans le monde grec. Sources épigraphiques sur la naissance d’un corps médical, Genève 2003, 320, no. 195 (with French translation) 🔗 link
R. Merkelbach, J. Stauber, Die Westküste leinasiens von Knidos bis Ilion, Stuttgart 1998, 536, no. 05/01/51 Smyrna. 🔗 link
PH255164 🔗 link
Catalogue des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale de France 🔗 link

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Epitaph for the Methodic doctor Marcus Modius Asiaticus
Photo: Catalogue des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
Epitaph for the Methodic doctor Marcus Modius Asiaticus
Photo: Catalogue des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale de France

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