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Identification

Reference as: MPL00780
Title Funerary stele of Principius
Trismegistos-No. 185319

Object

Provenance and Location

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Current Location Travnik, Zavičajni muzej
Inventory number 1
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material local stone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 60.0 cm

height: 108.0 cm

depth: 23.0 cm

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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Architecture / Rosette
  • Plant / Palm
  • Plant / vine branch

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    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)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


VLTIMACLAVSVERVNTPAR
CARVMSTAMINAFILO
PRINCIPIIMISERANDIDIEM
QVEMGLORIANISI
5AVVSADQVEPATERPVERVM
DEDEREPRAECLARA
MILITIAPATRVOQVESVOIVN
XEREFOVENDVM
CVMPRIMVMPVLCHRALANV
10GINESVMERETANNOS
SPECTANTESMAGNVMPATRI
AECOLVMENQVEFVTVRVM
HEVMISERIGLORIARISIBI
LAETAMQVESENECTAM
15CRVDELELVCTVMDOMVI
RAVENNAREMISIT
HOCMISEROSTITVLOPRO
PRIVMSIGNASSEDOLOREM

Ultima clausuerunt Par-
carum stamina filo
Principii miserandi diem
quem gloria nisi
5avus adque pater puerum
dedere praeclara
militia patruoque suo iun-
xere fovendum
cum primum pulchra lanu-
10gine sumeret annos
spectantes magnum patri
ae columenque futurum
heu miseri gloriari sibi
laetamque senectam.
15Crudele(m) luctum domui
Ravenna remisit
hoc miseros titulo pro-
prium signasse dolorem.

Ultima clausuerunt Parcarum stamina filo
Principii miserandi diem quem gloria nisi
avus adque pater puerum dedere praeclara
militia patruoque suo iunxere fovendum
cum primum pulchra lanugine sumeret annos
spectantes magnum patri ae columenque futurum
heu miseri gloriari sibi laetamque senectam.
Crudele(m) luctum domui Ravenna remisit
hoc miseros titulo proprium signasse dolorem.
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation The last threads of the Parcae marked with the spindle the end of life of the poor Principius. As he was a child his grandfather and his father, moved by nothing but a desire of glory, decided that he should be encouraged to undertake a bright military career and sent him to his uncle, when first entered his youth with a beatiful down, hoping – poor them – that he would have become important and prominent for the homeland and a reason for glory for themselves in their happy old age. Ravenna returned to the homeland a terribile pain, their own sorrow – poor them – has been marked by this monument
Citation Chiara Cenati

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Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

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

Bibliography

Images

  • Funerary stele of Principius

    Funerary stele of Principius

    © Travnik - Zavičajni muzej , Foto: Ortolf Harl 2019 März

Editing History

Created 2024-10-26, by Andrei Merticaru
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
  1. by Andrei Merticaru
    at 2024-03-20 20:28
  2. by Andrei Merticaru
    at 2024-03-20 20:40
  3. by Andrei Merticaru
    at 2024-03-20 21:00
  4. by Andrei Merticaru
    at 2024-03-20 21:21
  5. by Andrei Merticaru
    at 2024-03-21 19:21
  6. by Andrei Merticaru
    at 2024-04-23 13:02
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-10-26 08:41
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-10-26 09:02
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-10-26 09:07
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