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Identification

Reference as: MPL00963
Title Epitaph from Tibiscum – Caransebeş (Dacia)
Trismegistos-No. 180911

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Tibiscum
Find Context It was found in the 19th century in Caransebeș, built into the wall of the local military building. It is very likely it was a part of the ruins from Tibiscum.
Latitude 45.0
Longitude 21.0
Current Location Timișoara, Muzeul Banatului
Inventory number IV 7497
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type stele
Material local stone
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: 80.0 cm

height: 107.0 cm

depth: 17.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 6.5
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.7
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography Above the inscription frame there are three arches, cut into a horizontal line right above the text. Above that, there is a geometric object which resembles a compass.
Decoration Tags
  • Object / compass

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    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

TERRATE
NETCORPVSNO
MENLAPISATQVE
5ANIMAMAERQV
AMMELIVSFVER[---]
[------]
D(is) M(anibus)

terra te-
net corpus no-
men lapis atque
5animam aer qu-
am melius fuer[---]
[------]
D(is) M(anibus) -

terra tenet corpus nomen lapis atque animam aer
quam melius fuer[---] [------]
Apparatus

Text follows EDH

Main Translation

Translation To the Spirits of the Departed.
The earth has the body, a stone the name, and the air the soul. It would have been better...
Citation Chiara Cenati

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Prosopographical Information

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 170 AD
Date (To) 250 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • formulae

Bibliography

Images

  • Timisoara - Muzeul Banatului, Foto: Ortolf Harl 2010

Editing History

Created 2026-08-27, by Andreea Petricioiu
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:14:34, ID there: HD046568
Revisions
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    at 2024-07-11 12:14
  2. by Eric Andreas Kunz
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  4. by Andreea Petricioiu
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  18. by Andreea Petricioiu
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  19. by Chiara Cenati
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