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Reference as: MPL00877
Title Votive inscription from Lambaesis
Trismegistos-No. 205746

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Find Place Lambaesis
Find Context Found in Tazoult-Lambèse near the ancient town of Lambaesis.
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width: unknown

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depth: unknown

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Religion

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  • Prose Verse PresenceVerse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

Function dedication / votive inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
  • iambo-trochaic rhythm
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Inscription & Translations


MOENIAQVIRISINNIAEACIAQVICOLISARCEM
DELMATIAENOSTRIPVBLICELARPOPVLI
SANCTEMEDAVREDOMIE[]SANCTEHICNAMTEMPLAQVOQISTA
VISEPRECORPARVAMAGNVSINEFFIGIA
5SVCCVSSVSLAEVASONIPESCVISVRGITINAVRAS
ALTERADVMLETVMLIBRATABAVREMANVS
TALEMTECONSVLIAMDESIGNATVSINISTA
SEDELOCATVENERANSILLETVVS⟦[---]⟧
NOTVSGMDIVOBELLIVETVSACTIBICAESAR
10MARCEINPRIMORE[]ARVSVBIQVEACIE

ADEPTOCONSVLATV⟦[---]⟧
TIBIRESPIMNTEMFACIEMPATRIINVMINIS
HASTAMEMINVSQVAEIACVLATREFRENOEXEQVO
TVVSMEDAVREDEDICATMEDAVRIVS

Moenia qui Risinni Aeacia qui colis arcem
Delmatiae nostri publice Lar populi
sancte Medaure domi e[t] sancte hic nam templa quoq(ue) ista
vise precor parva magnus in effigia
5succussus laeva sonipes cui surgit in auras
altera dum letum librat ab aure manus
talem te consul iam designatus in ista
sede locat venerans ille tuus ⟦[---]⟧
notus Gmdivo belli vetus ac tibi Caesar
10Marce in primore [cl]arus ubique acie

adepto consulatu ⟦[---]⟧
tibi respimntem faciem patrii numinis
hastam eminus quae iaculat refreno ex equo
tuus Medaure dedicat Medaurius.

Moenia qui Risinni Aeacia qui colis arcem
Delmatiae nostri publice Lar populi
sancte Medaure domi e[t] sancte hic nam templa quoq(ue) ista
vise precor parva magnus in effigia
succussus laeva sonipes cui surgit in auras
altera dum letum librat ab aure manus
talem te consul iam designatus in ista
sede locat venerans ille tuus ⟦[---]⟧
notus Gmdivo belli vetus ac tibi Caesar
Marce in primore [cl]arus ubique acie
adepto consulatu ⟦[---]⟧
tibi respimntem faciem patrii numinis
hastam eminus quae iaculat refreno ex equo
tuus Medaure dedicat Medaurius.
Apparatus

l.2 Delmatiae orig., reg. Dalmatiae

Main Translation

Translation You who live in the Aeacian walls of Risinnus, you who live on the summit of Dalmatia, the common Lar of our people,
Medaurus, sacred at home, and now sacred here. Watch over this temple also, I pray. It is a great likeness, in a small statue,
whose steed surges into the sky under his left hand,
while the other hand hurls a spear from his ear.
Now that the consul designatus, venerating you, places you,
so great, in that seat, your [...]
Formerly known to Mars of war, and you, Marcus
Caesar, he, an exceptional soldier, always and everywhere in the front battle line.
Having acquired the consulship [...]
To you, Medaurus, your Medaurian, the breathing likeness of the god of my homeland, dedicates the spear which he threw from a distance from a restrained horse.
Citation Faithfull 2024

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Created 2026-10-15, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:05:49, ID there: HD031417
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:05
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-10 11:43
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 15:44
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-11-19 12:42
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-11-19 12:50
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-11-25 18:20
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-21 12:57
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-21 13:01
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-01-27 11:28
  10. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-26 13:57
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