Inscriptions: Mosaic inscription from Lullingstone
Identification
| Reference as: | MPL00787 |
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| Title | Mosaic inscription from Lullingstone |
| Trismegistos-No. | 159164 |
Object
Provenance and Location
| Find Place | Lullingstone |
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| Find Context | Roman villa at Lullingstone |
| Latitude | 0.0 |
| Longitude | 0.0 |
| Current Location | Lullingstone, Roman Villa Museum |
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Object Details
| Object Type | mosaic |
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| Material | mosaic |
| State of Preservation | incomplete |
| Dimensions |
width: unknown height: unknown depth: unknown |
| Letter Size in cm (min) | 0.0 |
| Letter Size in cm (max) | 0.0 |
| Execution Technique | written with mosaic tiles |
| Religion | Unknown |
Decoration
| Decoration and Iconography | The mosaic beneath the inscription shows a young woman in the nude, Europa, riding sideways on Jupiter transformed into a bull. She is accompanied by two erotes, one leading the bull while the other pulling its tail. The scene is set against a white background, while a black section implies water. The inscription is written across the top of the scene, and both are framed by a plain guilloche in white and red. |
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Verse Layouts
Text
| Function | personal messages / joke |
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| Rhythmisation | Quantitative scheme |
Inscription & Translations
INVIDASI..[]VIDISSETIVNONATATVS
IVSTIVSAEOLIASISSETADVSQVEDOMOS
Invida si ṭạ[uri] vidisset Iuno natatus
iustius Aeolias isset adusque domos
Invida si ṭạ[uri] vidisset Iuno natatus |
iustius Aeolias isset adusque domos
Apparatus
Text follows Wright 1950. Checked with photo by Guth 2024.
Main Translation
| Translation | If jealous Juno had seen the swimmings of the bull, with more right would she have gone to the halls of Aeolus. |
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| Citation | R.P. Wright, JRS 40, 1950, 117, Nr. 13 |
Other Translations
Prosopographical Information
Further Information
Comment
Squeeze
| Have Squeeze? | no |
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Dating
| Date (From) | 331 AD |
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| Date (To) | 350 AD |
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Bibliography
- AE 1951, 0131.
- R.P. Wright, JRS 40, 1950, 117, Nr. 13; pl. 11,1. - AE 1951.
- RIB 2448, 6 🔗 link
- HD021178 🔗 link
- P. Cugusi, Carmi latini epigrafici della Britannia, Epigraphica 76, 2014, 355-407 🔗 link
- J. Zarker, Studies in the Carmina Latina Epigraphica, Princeton 1958, 121. 🔗 link
- MQDQ 🔗 link
- CLEO br 22 🔗 link
- EDCS-49600568 🔗 link
- G. W. Meates, Lullingstone Roman Villa, London 1955, p. 34 🔗 link
Images
Editing History
| Created | 2025-03-31, by Ines Guth |
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| Work Status | Complete |
| Import Notice | Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-04-18T11:46:08, ID there: HD021178 |
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