Inscriptions: Epitaph of Mainuna by a fellow slave
Identification
| Reference as: | MPL00779 |
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| Title | Epitaph of Mainuna by a fellow slave |
| Trismegistos-No. | 106342 |
Object
Provenance and Location
| Find Place | Alexandria |
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| Find Context | Ramleh, between Sidi-Gaber and the sea, near the Roman military cemetery, 1887. |
| Latitude | 0.0 |
| Longitude | 0.0 |
| Current Location | unknown |
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Object Details
| Object Type | stele |
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| Material | marble |
| State of Preservation | complete |
| Dimensions |
width: 26.0 cm height: 31.0 cm depth: unknown |
| Letter Size in cm (min) | 0.0 |
| Letter Size in cm (max) | 0.0 |
| Execution Technique | chiselled |
| Religion | Pagan |
Decoration
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Verse Layouts
Text
| Function | funerary inscription |
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| Rhythmisation | Quantitative scheme |
Inscription & Translations
HVNCHABETAETERNVSCINIS
AGCELLONISHONOREM
HICIACETADSIDVORAPTA
PVELLALOCOQVAMGENVIT
5TELLVSMAVRVSIAQVAMQVE
COERCENSDETINETIGNOTO
TRISTISHARENASOLO
Hunc habet aeternus cinis
Agcellonis honorem.
Hic iacet adsiduo rapta
puella loco, quam genuit
5tellus Maurusia, quamque
coercens detinet ignoto
tristis harena solo.
Hunc habet aeternus cinis Agcellonis honorem.
Hic iacet adsiduo rapta puella loco,
quam genuit tellus Maurusia, quamque coercens
detinet ignoto tristis harena solo.
Dis Manibus, bene merenti conservae Mainunae, annor(um) XXII.
Apparatus
l.2 reg., orig. Agcellonis
l.3 reg., orig. adsiduo
Text follows CIL, Suppl. 01.
Main Translation
| Translation |
Here her eternal ashes withhold the honour of Angelos. Here lies a girl snatched away from her home, to whom the land of Mauritania gave birth, and whom miserable sand traps in unknown soil. To the Manes, to my well-deserving fellow slave Mainuna, twenty-two years of age. |
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| Citation | Fabio Spalla |
Other Translations
- Su ceniza imperecedera recibe estos honores de Agcelón: aquí yace una joven llevada lejos de su hogar, a quien engendró la tierra mauritana y una arena funesta, oprimiéndola, la retiene en suelo desconocido. (Spanish, C. Fernández Martínez)
Prosopographical Information
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Name Mainuna Gender Female Age Range Adult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high] Origin Foreign Legal Status Slave Role Dedicatee
Further Information
Comment
Dating porposed by Haussoullier.
Squeeze
| Have Squeeze? | no |
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Dating
| Date (From) | 231 AD |
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| Date (To) | 270 AD |
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Bibliography
- CLE 01312
- CIL 03, Suppl. 01, 06618
- CIL 03, Suppl. 02, 14124
- T. Néroutsos-Bey, Revue archéologique 1887. Nouvelles archéologiques et correspondance. Alexandrie d'Égypte, le 24 mai 1887, Rev. Arch. 10 (1887), 120, nr. 1. 🔗 link
- J. Cholodniak, Carmina sepulcralia latina epigraphica, Petersburg 1904, 333, nr. 921. 🔗 link
- C. Fernández Martínez, Poesía epigráfica latina II, Madrid 1999, 72, nr. 1312 (Spanish translation of the elegiac couplets) 🔗 link
- J. Carbonell, M. Pena, Itala me genuit Tellus. Ideas en torno al origen del pseudo-epitafio de Virgilio. A propósito de un carmen epigraphicum de Myrtilis (Lusitania), Epigraphica 71 (2009), 282, nr. 3.11. 🔗 link
- P. Cugusi, M. Sblendorio Cugusi, Carmina Latina Epigraphica delle province greco-orientali (CLEOr), Epigraphica 73 (2011), 179, nr. 41. 🔗 link
- J. Velaza, Mantua me genuit: génesis, datación y modelos epigráficos del "autoepitafio" de Virgilio, Anu. Filol. Antiq. Mediaevalia 8 (2018), 884, nr. 2.15. 🔗 link
- EDCS-28000903 🔗 link
- MQDQ 🔗 link
Images
Editing History
| Created | 2025-11-04, by Denisa Murzea |
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| Work Status | Complete |
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