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Identification

Reference as: MPL00009
Title Funerary inscription for Erasina
Trismegistos-No. 216012

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Möderndorf / Virunum
Find Context Discovered in 1796 at a Möderndorf junction.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Möderndorf, Filialkirche St. Jakobus und Anna
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 56.0 cm

height: 123.0 cm

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 / woman

Verse Layouts

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

DM

NONGRAVIS
HICTEXITTVMV
LVSTEPVNICA
VIRGO
5MVSARVMAMOR
ETCHARITVM
ERASINAVOLVP
TAS
ANXII
D(is) M(anibus).

Non gravis
hic texit tumu-
lus te, Punica
virgo,
5Musarum amor
et Charitum,
Erasina, volup-
tas.
An(norum) XII.
D(is) M(anibus).

Non gravis hic texit tumulus te, Punica virgo,
Musarum amor et Charitum, Erasina, voluptas.
An(norum) XII.
Apparatus

Text follows CIL and CLE. Checked against image by Mirko Tasso in 2024.

Main Translation

Translation A burial mount, not heavy, covers you here, Punic maiden, love of the Muses and, Erasina, the Graces’ delight, aged 12.
Citation Team MAPPOLA

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

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

Further Information

Comment

The Dis Manibus of l. 1 appears to be a later addition (though it may replace earlier traces).

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 171 AD
Date (To) 230 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • palaeography

Bibliography

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Editing History

Created 2024-05-12, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-07-31 10:32
  2. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-11-28 18:16
  3. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-11-29 13:11
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-11-29 13:12
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2023-11-29 17:08
  6. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-02-29 13:48
  7. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-02-29 13:52
  8. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-02-29 14:07
  9. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-02-29 14:17
  10. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-02-29 14:19
  11. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-02-29 14:20
  12. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-02-29 14:22
  13. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-02-29 14:27
  14. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-02-29 14:28
  15. by Peter Kruschwitz
    at 2024-02-29 14:29
  16. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2024-02-29 14:31
  17. by Peter Kruschwitz
    at 2024-02-29 14:32
  18. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2024-05-12 16:59
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