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Identification

Reference as: MPL00762
Title Funerary inscription for the child Pomponius Stercorius
Trismegistos-No. 184492

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Narona
Find Context
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number AMS-A-853
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 46.3 cm

height: 33.0 cm

depth: 13.8 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.4
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography funerary stele with a triangular pediment
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by different layout
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Justified
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    Scriptio Continua in verse partyes
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, just uses all available space
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To separate verses - Hedera

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

POMPONIOSTERCORIOIN
FANTIINFELICISSIMO
NONCLAVSAIN
TVMVLOREQVIES
5CVNTOSSASEPVL
CROISTIVSNV
NCINFANTISNEC
CORPVSMORTE
SACRATVM leaf
10CES[---]ITATVSTEC[---]

Pomponio Stercorio in-
fanti infelicissimo.
Non clausa in
tumulo requies-
5cunt ossa sepul-
cro istius nu-
nc infantis nec
corpus morte
sacratum ((leaf))
10CES[---]ITATVSTEC[---]

Pomponio Stercorio infanti infelicissimo.

Non clausa in tumulo requiescunt ossa sepulcro
istius nunc infantis nec corpus morte sacratum ((leaf))
CES[---]ITATVSTEC[---]
Apparatus

Reading of line 10 in the CLE: ces[s]it ad infern[os].

Reading follows CLE, except for l. 10. Checked on photo by Kettner 2024.

Main Translation

Translation For Pomponius Stercorius, the most unfortunate infant.
The bones of this infant are not locked into this tomb, in a burial, nor is its body, consecrated by death, ...
Citation Nathalie Marie Kettner

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NamePomponius Stercorius
    GenderMale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [precision: low]
    OriginUnknown

Further Information

Comment

According to the inscription, this monument designated a cenotaph.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

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

Bibliography

Images

  • Funerary inscription for the child Pomponius Stercorius

    Funerary inscription for the child Pomponius Stercorius

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split; Photo: Chiara Cenati

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Nathalie Marie Kettner
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice
Revisions
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    at 2024-01-12 12:47
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    at 2024-01-12 12:48
  3. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
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  20. by Chiara Cenati
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  21. by Chiara Cenati
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  22. by Chiara Cenati
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  23. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
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  31. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
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  32. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
    at 2024-02-20 07:31
  33. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-22 19:02
  34. by Nathalie Marie Kettner
    at 2024-02-23 10:10
  35. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-02-29 14:55
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