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Identification

Reference as: MPL00761
Title Funerary Inscription for the young Iphigenia Valeria
Trismegistos-No. 183517

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Salona
Find Context
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number 5080A
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 37.4 cm

height: 5.0 cm

depth: 9.2 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.5
Letter Size in cm (max) 3.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / Rosette

Verse Layouts

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

DM
I[]GENIAEVA
[]IEQVA͡EVIXI͡T
[]XX͡V
HVNCT͡ITV
5[]POSVTINFE
[]ISSIM͡ADOMITIA
[]ERSVOSICCVM
[]NODOLORE
[]IM͡EREN͡TSVRIFO
10[]ASSEETIN͡FERI
MVLTI
D(is) M(anibus)
I[phi?]geniae Va-
[ler]i<a>e qua͡e vixi͡t
[an(nos)] XX͡V.
Hunc t͡itu-
5[lu]ṃ posu<i >t infe-
[lic]issim͡a Domitia
[mat]er suo sic cum
[mag]no dolore
[m]ẹi m͡eren͡t su<pe>ri fo-
10[rt]asse et in͡feri
multi.
D(is) M(anibus) I[phi?]geniae Va[ler]i<a>e qua͡e vixi͡t [an(nos)] XX͡V.

Hunc t͡itu[lu]ṃ posu<i >t infe[lic]issim͡a Domitia [mat]er suo sic cum [mag]no dolore
[m]ẹi m͡eren͡t su<pe>ri fo[rt]asse et in͡feri multi.
Apparatus

l.9 reg., orig. merent

l. 9: [m]ei m(a)erent ILJug.

Main Translation

Translation To the Spirits of the Departed. To Iphigenia Valeria who lived 25 years. A very sad mother Domitia set up this inscription with her great sorrow, the deities and the dead might grieve with me.
Citation Christophe Danvers

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameIphigenia Valeria
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical]
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

At the top there is a rosette within a gable. The letters D and M are engraved above the frame on its left and right angle . The epigraphic field is within a frame. The last letters of most of the lines are engraved outside of the epigraphic field.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 201 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)

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  • Funerary Inscription for the young Iphigenia Valeria

    Funerary Inscription for the young Iphigenia Valeria

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Christophe Danvers
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Christophe Danvers
    at 2024-01-12 11:46
  2. by Christophe Danvers
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  3. by Christophe Danvers
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  4. by Christophe Danvers
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  5. by Christophe Danvers
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  6. by Christophe Danvers
    at 2024-01-12 14:54
  7. by Christophe Danvers
    at 2024-01-12 14:59
  8. by Christophe Danvers
    at 2024-01-12 15:01
  9. by Christophe Danvers
    at 2024-01-12 15:04
  10. by Christophe Danvers
    at 2024-02-25 13:16
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-03-08 22:33
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-03-08 22:35
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-03-08 22:37
  14. by Christophe Danvers
    at 2024-03-09 15:48
  15. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-10-23 11:27
  16. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-10-23 11:31
  17. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-04 09:31
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