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Identification

Reference as: MPL00835
Title Funerary inscription of Mania Secunda
Trismegistos-No. 199456

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place El-Kouif
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Object Details

Object Type stele
Material limestone
State of Preservation complete?
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

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
  • Person / portrait
  • Person / woman

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse + Prose
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes

Text

Function unknown
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
  • Dactylic pentameter
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

MANIALFSECVNDA
HSE

MANIAPVPAIACETPAVCOSDILECTAPERANNOS
QVAMPATERADVEDVMDVMDEFLETIPSEQVERELLAEST
5NAMHANCTVLERATGENITORDIVINAELVCISADORAS
DVLCIVSVTPOSSETCVMSPESPEMPRINDEREMAGNA
ANTICIPATAFVGATENEBRISSECONDIDITALTIS

NONNASCIMISERAEQVANTOERATVTILIVS

VIXITANNISIIDIESXIII
Mania L(uci) f(ilia) Secunda
h(ic) s(ita) e(st).

Mania pupa iacet paucos dilecta per annos
quam pater ADVE dum {dum} deflet ipse querella est
5nam hanc tulerat genitor divinae lucis ad oras
dulcius ut posset cum spe spem prindere magna
anticipata fuga tenebris se condidit altis

non nasci miserae quanto erat utilius.

Vixit annis II dies XIII.
Mania L(uci) f(ilia) Secunda h(ic) s(ita) e(st).

Mania pupa iacet paucos dilecta per annos
quam pater ADVE dum {dum} deflet ipse querella est
nam hanc tulerat genitor divinae lucis ad oras
dulcius ut posset cum spe spem prindere magna
anticipata fuga tenebris se condidit altis

non nasci miserae quanto erat utilius.
Vixit annis II dies XIII.
Apparatus

l.9 dies orig., reg. diebus

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameMania Secunda
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeInfant (0–12) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
    RoleDedicatee

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Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 299 AD
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Editing History

Created 2026-09-25, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:01:38, ID there: HD016550
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:01
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-07-30 14:30
  3. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-07-30 14:31
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 15:03
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-09-02 12:18
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-09-02 12:20
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-09-02 12:21
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-09-10 08:33
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-09-11 07:55
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-09-11 07:56
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-09-21 09:46
  12. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-09-24 13:00
  13. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-09-25 13:18
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