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Identification

Reference as: MPL00763
Title Funerary inscription for the gladiator Amabilis
Trismegistos-No. 182142

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Epetium
Find Context
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Split, Archaeological Museum
Inventory number 2591A
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type urn
Material limestone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 28.0 cm

height: 44.6 cm

depth: 28.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.3
Letter Size in cm (max) 3.3
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • No distinction
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Centered
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Iambic senarius
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

AMABILISECVTORI
NATDACVSPVGXIII
FATODECEPTVS
NONABHOMIN͡E
Amabili secutori
nat(ione) Dacus pug(narum) XIII
Fato deceptus
non ab homin͡e.
Amabili secutori nat(ione) Dacus pug(narum) XIII

Fato deceptus non ab homin͡e.
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation For Amabilis, a secutor from Dacia.
After 13 fights he was deceived by fate, not by a man.
Citation Eric Kunz

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameAmabilis
    GenderMale
    OriginForeign
    Legal StatusSlave
    ProfessionOther profession
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

l. 3-4: iambic senarius Pastor 2011.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 101 AD
Date (To) 200 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography

Bibliography

Images

  • Funerary inscription for the gladiator Amabilis

    Funerary inscription for the gladiator Amabilis

    (c) Archaeological Museum Split; photo: Chiara Cenati

Editing History

Created 2024-03-01, by Eric Andreas Kunz
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice
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