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Identification

Reference as: MPL00839
Title Epitaph from Tomis
Trismegistos-No. 190988

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Tomis
Find Context Found in 1960 in the area of the former trainstation.
Latitude 44.1729
Longitude 28.6497
Current Location Constanța, Muzeu de Istorie Națională și Arheologie
Inventory number 2063
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material sandstone
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: 52.0 cm

height: 57.0 cm

depth: 25.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 4.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 5.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography The vines meet in the middle of the superior part of the inscription and end in spirals. On the left side: flower or corona on the top. Portrait of a woman at the bottom. The stone was probably reused.
Decoration Tags
  • Plant / vine branch

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • No distinction
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

DM

HICE.
OQV[]
[---]
------
D(is) M(anibus).

Hic eg̣-
o qu[i i-]
[aceo ---]
------
D(is) M(anibus). -

Hic eg̣o qu[i i-aceo ---] ------
Apparatus

Text follows Aricescu 1963. Autopsy by Mappola Team 2021.

Main Translation

Translation “Oh, gods of the deceased, I, who is laid to rest here …”
Citation Andreea-Mădălina Petricioiu

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Prosopographical Information

Further Information

Comment

The verses are believed to be an homage to the beginning of Ovid's self-written epitath, which appears in his Tristia II and starts the same as this inscription ("Hic ego qui iaceo"). This proves the lasting memory of Ovid's poems in the second to third century AD in the Roman province of Tomis.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? yes

Dating

Date (From) 171 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography

Bibliography

Images

  • Fragmentary funerary stele from Tomis

    Fragmentary funerary stele from Tomis

    (c) MINAC. Photo: Mappola Team 2021

Editing History

Created 2026-08-26, by Andreea Petricioiu
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:02:03, ID there: HD017230
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:02
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-07-30 14:45
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 15:06
  4. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 12:34
  5. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 12:36
  6. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 12:45
  7. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 12:55
  8. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 12:55
  9. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 12:55
  10. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 12:55
  11. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 12:57
  12. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 13:00
  13. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 13:09
  14. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 13:11
  15. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-05 13:11
  16. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-06 10:35
  17. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-06 10:51
  18. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-06 12:45
  19. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-07 09:40
  20. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-07 09:51
  21. by Andreea Petricioiu
    at 2026-07-07 09:58
  22. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-10 13:16
  23. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-26 12:39
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