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Inscriptions: Christian funerary inscription for Βαιβούλη (Baiboule)

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Identification

Reference as: MPL00795
Title Christian funerary inscription for Βαιβούλη (Baiboule)
Trismegistos-No. 893896

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context via Aurelia Antica, via del Casale di San Pio V 15/48, catacomb of Calepodius
Latitude 41.8923
Longitude 12.4319
Current Location Roma, via Aurelia Antica, via del Casale di San Pio V 15/48, catacomb of Calepodius
Inventory number
Current Location Details ingresso nord-ovest (EDB)
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: 117.0 cm

height: 60.0 cm

depth: 5.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 1.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 5.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by change in lettering type
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Left aligned
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Left aligned
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Greek
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

Front

ΤΙΣΜΟΙΦΗΣΙΕΝΤΗΝΩΚΥΜΟΡ[---]
ΝΟΣΟΝΤΙΣΗΤΟΣΑΥΤΗΤΩΝΦΘΟΝΩΝΑ[---]
ΤΙΣΙΟΥΣΙΓΑΟΥΔΑ͡ΝΑΠΟΚΡΥΠΤΕΤΑΙΕΠΙ[---]
ΔΙΟΝΠΕΝΘΟΣΠΟΙΟΣΟΤΩΝΕΝΗΜΙΝΠΙΣΤ[---]
5ΨΑΙΤΑΙΠΟΥΤΟΚΑΛΟΝΕΚΙΝΟΚΑΙΣΕΜΜΝΟΠΡΕ[---]
ΚΑΙΤΩΦΗΣΑΤΗΗΤΙΣΤΗΝΧΟΡΙΑΝΘΕΑΣΑΜ[---]
ΣΥΝΑΥΤΑΙΣΤΟΜΕΛΟΣΤΟΓΑΜΗΛΙΟΝΛΑΙΗΒΑΙΒΟΥΛ[---]
ΠΑΡΘΕΝΙΚΗΑΝΑΠΑΥΣΑΜΕΝΗΠΡΟϚʹΚΑΛ[---]
Back

[---]VIXITANNVSXL
[---]SITVSVIIIKAL
[---]ESCITEVGENIA
[---]GINIO
avis palma avis
Front

τίς μοι φησὶ ἐν τὴν ὠκύμορ[ον ---]
νόσον τίς ἡ τοσαύτη τῶν φθόνων α[---]
τίσι οὐ σιγᾷ οὐδ’ ἂ͡ν ἀποκρύπτεται ἐπὶ τ̣[ύμβου? ---]
δῖον πένθος ποῖος ὁ τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν πιστ[ῶν ---]
5ψαίται ποῦ τὸ καλὸν ἐκῖνο καὶ σεμ{μ}νοπρε[πής ---]
καὶ τῷ φῇς ἄτη ἥτις τὴν χορίαν θεασαμ[ένη ---]
σὺν αὐταῖς τὸ μέλος τὸ γαμήλιον λαίῃ Βαιβούλ[η ---]
παρθενικὴ ἀναπαυσαμένη πρὸ ϛʹ καλ(ανδῶν) [---]
. Back

[---] vixit annus XL
[--- depo]situs VIII kal(endas)
[--- requi]escit Eugenia
[--- vir]ginio
((avis)) ((palma)) ((avis))
Front

τίς μοι φησὶ ἐν τὴν ὠκύμορ[ον ---]
νόσον τίς ἡ τοσαύτη τῶν φθόνων α[---]
τίσι οὐ σιγᾷ οὐδ’ ἂ͡ν ἀποκρύπτεται ἐπὶ τ̣[ύμβου? ---]
δῖον πένθος ποῖος ὁ τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν πιστ[ῶν ---]
ψαίται ποῦ τὸ καλὸν ἐκῖνο καὶ σεμ{μ}νοπρε[πής ---]
καὶ τῷ φῇς ἄτη ἥτις τὴν χορίαν θεασαμ[ένη ---]
σὺν αὐταῖς τὸ μέλος τὸ γαμήλιον λαίῃ Βαιβούλ[η ---]
παρθενικὴ ἀναπαυσαμένη πρὸ ϛʹ καλ(ανδῶν) [---]
. Back
[---] vixit annus XL [--- depo]situs VIII kal(endas) [--- requi]escit Eugenia [--- vir]ginio ((avis)) ((palma)) ((avis))
Apparatus

Text follows the edition of Utro, differently Ferrua. Picture checked by Gangoly 2024.
L. 3: ligature has not been read before.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameΒαιβούλη
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Utro dates the Latin side to the 4th century.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 251 AD
Date (To) 331 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography
  • language

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
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