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Identification

Reference as: MPL00760
Title Funerary inscription for P. Gallius Celer
Trismegistos-No. 188571

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Salona
Find Context
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Longitude 0.0
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number AMS-A-1657
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type unknown
Material limestone
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique unknown
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen + subscriptum
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


[---]
ADVITAMVOLVI
CELEREMTECRES
CEREMATER
5ADMORTEMINGEMVI
TECELEREMMISERA
PGALLIVSCELER
FLVI[---]

[---]
ad vitam volui
Celerem te cres-
cere mater
5ad mortem ingemui
te Celerem misera
P(ublius) Gallius Celer
Fl(avia) Vi[r---]
[---]
ad vitam volui Celerem te crescere mater
   ad mortem ingemui te Celerem misera
P(ublius) Gallius Celer Fl(avia) Vi[r---]
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation I, your mother, wanted for you to advance toward life, Celer, but, oh, unhappy, I have had to regret that you are running headlong towards death.
Citation Anna Pokorny

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameP. Gallius Celer
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameFlavia Vi[r---]
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator

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Comment

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Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 150 AD
Date (Criteria)

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-01-12 11:12
  2. by Anna Pokorny
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  3. by Anna Pokorny
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  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-01-12 13:01
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-01-19 13:17
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 23:05
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 23:07
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 23:11
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 23:12
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-02-11 23:15
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-22 09:48
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-22 09:55
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-22 14:55
  14. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-22 15:29
  15. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-03-04 14:39
  16. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-03-17 10:50
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