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Identification

Reference as: MPL00781
Title Funerary stele of Mummius
Trismegistos-No. 184053

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Tilurium
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Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Sinj, Muzej Cetinske krajine u Sinju
Inventory number MCK-B-1373
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 60.0 cm

height: 124.0 cm

depth: 20.0 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 / column
  • God / Attis
  • Object / bracelet
  • Object / falera

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresencePraescriptum + carmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes
    Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading
    • To mark a pentameter in an elegiac couplet (indentation)

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

LMVMMIVSL
FFABANCYRA
MILESLEGVII
ANNXXXVISTIPXVI
5HSE

ARMABISOCTONISFELICIAQVITVLITANNIS
HICSITVSESTFATOMVMMIVSIPSESVO
SISAPIVNTOBITIDATAMVNERAPERCIPISAM
ETRECIPISNOSTRAEPIGNVSAMICITIAE
10HOCTIBICVMTITVLOPOSVIT
CORNELIVSCHRESTVS
ETDIXITLACHRYMANSSITTIBITERALEVIS

MCORNELIVSML
CHRESTVSPOSVIT
L(ucius) Mummius L(ucii)
f(ilius) Fab(ia) Ancyra
miles leg(ionis) VII
ann(orum) XXXVI stip(endiorum) XVI
5h(ic) s(itus) e(st).

Arma bis octonis felicia qui tulit annis
hic situs est fato Mummius ipse suo
si sapiunt obiti data munera percipis am(pla)
et recipis nostrae pignus amicitiae
10hoc tibi cum titulo posuit
Cornelius Chrestus
et dixit lachrymans sit tibi tera levis.

M(arcus) Cornelius M(arci) l(ibertus)
Chrestus posuit.
L(ucius) Mummius L(ucii) f(ilius) Fab(ia) Ancyra miles leg(ionis) VII ann(orum) XXXVI stip(endiorum) XVI h(ic) s(itus) e(st).

Arma bis octonis felicia qui tulit annis
hic situs est fato Mummius ipse suo
si sapiunt obiti data munera percipis am(pla)
et recipis nostrae pignus amicitiae
hoc tibi cum titulo posuit Cornelius Chrestus
et dixit lachrymans sit tibi tera levis.
M(arcus) Cornelius M(arci) l(ibertus) Chrestus posuit.
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Prosopographical Information

  • NameL. Mummius L. f. Fabia
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    OriginForeign
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    ProfessionMilitary staff

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 40 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history

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  • Funerary stele of Mummius

    Funerary stele of Mummius

    © Sinj - Muzej Cetinske krajine u Sinju (Cetina Terrtorial Museum in Sinj), Foto: Ante Verzotti

Editing History

Created 2024-10-26, by Andrei Merticaru
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Revisions
  1. by Andrei Merticaru
    at 2024-03-20 21:19
  2. by Andrei Merticaru
    at 2024-03-20 21:43
  3. by Andrei Merticaru
    at 2024-04-23 13:03
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-10-26 09:22
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-10-26 09:25
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-10-26 09:33
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-10-26 09:41
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-10-26 09:44
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    at 2024-10-26 09:45
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