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Identification

Reference as: MPL00926
Title Fragmentary funerary inscription for Kara
Trismegistos-No. 194955

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Intercisa
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Current Location Budapest, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum
Inventory number RT-RO RD 201
Current Location Details In the museum depot. Today only the left and central fragment are preserved. The right fragment is lost. The upper margin is preserved.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type unknown
Material limestone
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: 50.0 cm

height: 30.0 cm

depth: 10.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceVerse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


[---]ECQVOQNOMINEKARA[---]
[---]IPOSTLVSTRAPEREMPT͡AM
[---]TTRADITAMORTI
[---]MPAC͡OMITAN͡TEBEAT
5[---]GIVNGVN͡TQFAVIL[]
[---]EMORABITVRHV[]
[---]T[·][---]
------

[--- ha]ec quoq(ue) nomine Kara[---]
[---]i post lustra perempt͡am
[--- es]t tradita morti
[--- po]mpa c͡omitan͡te beatạ
5[---]g iungun͡tq(ue) favil[las]
[--- m]emorabitur hu[ius]
[---]t[.]ịṇụṣ ọḷ[---]
------

[--- ha]ec quoq(ue) nomine Kara[---]
[---]i post lustra perempt͡am
[--- es]t tradita morti
[--- po]mpa c͡omitan͡te beatạ
[---]g iungun͡tq(ue) favil[las]
[--- m]emorabitur hu[ius]
[---]t[.]ịṇụṣ ọḷ[---] ------
Apparatus

Text follows CLEPann and TitAq. Drawing checked by Cenati 2026.
l. 1: [Ha]ec quoq(ue) nomine Kara [---] RIU, TitAq.
l. 2: peremptam [---] RIU, TitAq.
l. 3: [es]t tradita morti [---] RIU, TitAq.
l. 4: [po]mpa comitante beata [---] RIU, TitAq.
l. 5: favil[lam] RIU
l. 6: [m]emorabitur RIU, t[.] inusol[---] CLEPann.

Main Translation

Translation She, named Kara[---] taken away after some lustra [---] was brought to death [---] blessed, accompanied by a funerary procession [---] and unite her glowing ashes [---] she will be remembered [---]
Citation Chiara Cenati

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameKara
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 1 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)

Bibliography

Images

  • Fragmentary funerary inscription for Kara. Left fragment.

    Fragmentary funerary inscription for Kara. Left fragment.

    © Budapest - Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Foto: Ortolf Harl 2006

  • Fragmentary funerary inscription for Kara. Central fragment.

    Fragmentary funerary inscription for Kara. Central fragment.

    © Budapest - Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Foto: Ortolf Harl 2006

Editing History

Created 2026-07-28, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:10:51, ID there: HD037385
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:10
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
    at 2024-08-12 17:50
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-01-29 15:34
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-28 10:28
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-28 10:32
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