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Identification

Reference as: MPL00791
Title Votive inscription to the Mother Goddesses
Trismegistos-No. 156552

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Maia
Find Context Found before 1790, later lost, but rediscovered in 1879
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Carlisle, Tullie House Museum
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material sandstone
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 44.0 cm

height: 27.0 cm

depth: 5.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 3.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

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 partyes
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

Function dedication / prayer
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Trochaic septenarius
Rhythmisation Accentuating scheme

Inscription & Translations

[]EM

[]ONIANVSDEDICO
[]DDATEVTFETVRAQVAESTVS
SVPPLEATVOTISFIDEM
5AVREISSACRABOCARMEN
MOXVIRITIMLITTERIS
[Matribus deabus aed]em

[Ant]onianus dedico
[se]d date ut fetura quaestus
suppleat votis fidem
5aureis sacrabo carmen
mox viritim litteris
[Matribus deabus aed]em
[Ant]onianus dedico [se]d date ut fetura quaestus suppleat votis fidem aureis sacrabo carmen mox viritim litteris
Apparatus

Main Translation

Translation ... I, Antonianus, dedicate this.
But grant my requests, so that the proceeds of my business may lend credence to my promises:
I will consecrate a poem, in due course – – –
– – – with golden letters, every single one of them!
Citation P. Kruschwitz: Undying voices. The poetry of Roman Britain, Reading 2015 p.17.

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameAntonianus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Catalectic trochaic tetrameter. For the slight reading deviations, see RIB 2059.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 122 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology

Bibliography

Images

  • RIB 2059

Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-04-18T11:46:33, ID there: HD071202
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