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Identification

Reference as: MPL00976
Title Funerary inscription from Aquae Balissae
Trismegistos-No. 197246

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Aquae Balissae
Find Context Found in 1842 during amateur excavation in a chamber grave together with MPL02311, MPL02312, MPL02313.
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Daruvar, Schloss Janković
Inventory number
Current Location Details Walled in the staircase.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary (adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: 92.0 cm

height: 100.0 cm

depth: 2.0 cm

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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceVerse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partyes
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes, achieved by smaller letters towards the end of the line

Text

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

Inscription & Translations


TARTAREISRVPTVSFORNAC[]NEM
PERPETVVMVITAEQVONDAMDA[]ITACRIS
AETERNVMPOENISFACTVMPROCRI[]AMMA
HICSIMILINATOSMERITISPROTA[]SIGNI
5ANTEOBITVMGENVITPERITVROSTABEPARENTVM
DONECCVRADEVMMISERANDICEPITETATRO
NVNCTVLITEXITIOSIMVLACRVMPENDERESEMPER
POENASINDIGNESVVMETPREMINOCTEMALIGNA
NAMDOMINVMPVROVELAMINESEMPERAMICTVM
10ADQVEINMORTALEMCAELIQVEREGIONIBVSVSVM
ETCVLPAVACVVMPORTANTEMINSIGNIANATVM
CVNCTAPATRISPRESSISHVMANOCRIMINEMEMBRIS
INDVITETNVLLIORSOSICFASPROMEREVERBVM
HVNCVMQVAMPECCASSEDEVMTAMENOMNIAMAGNVS
15ALTERIVSDELICTATVLITSICCORPORESVMPTO
DEMISSVSCAELOTERRASPETITHAVTSECVSARTVS
INDVITHVMANOSQVAVTTELLVSFERREVALE[]
MEMBRORVMMEDITANTEDEVMDEVISCERE[---]
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Tartareis ruptus fornac[ibus implicat om]nem,
perpetuum vitae quondam da[tum. Nunc rap]it acris
aeternum poenis factum pro cri[mine fl]amma.
hic simili natos meritis pro ta[libu]s igni
5ante obitum genuit perituros tabe parentum;
donec cura deum miserandi cepit et atro
nunc tulit exitio simulacrum pendere semper
poenas indigne suum et premi nocte maligna.
Nam dominum puro velamine semper amictum
10adque inmortalem, caelique regionibus usum,
et culpa vacuum portantem insignia natum
cuncta patris pressis humano crimine membris
induit et nulli orso sic fas promere verbum
hunc umquam peccasse Deum. Tamen omnia magnus
15alterius delicta tulit. Sic corpore sumpto,
demissus caelo terras petit haut secus artus
induit humanos qua ut tellus ferre vale[bit],
membrorum meditante Deum de viscere [---]
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Tartareis ruptus fornac[ibus implicat om]nem,
perpetuum vitae quondam da[tum. Nunc rap]it acris
aeternum poenis factum pro cri[mine fl]amma.
hic simili natos meritis pro ta[libu]s igni
ante obitum genuit perituros tabe parentum;
donec cura deum miserandi cepit et atro
nunc tulit exitio simulacrum pendere semper
poenas indigne suum et premi nocte maligna.
Nam dominum puro velamine semper amictum
adque inmortalem, caelique regionibus usum,
et culpa vacuum portantem insignia natum
cuncta patris pressis humano crimine membris
induit et nulli orso sic fas promere verbum
hunc umquam peccasse Deum. Tamen omnia magnus
alterius delicta tulit. Sic corpore sumpto,
demissus caelo terras petit haut secus artus
induit humanos qua ut tellus ferre vale[bit],
membrorum meditante Deum de viscere [---] ------
Apparatus

l.10 inmortalem orig., reg. immortalem
l.16 haut orig., reg. haud

Text follows Migotti, Šašel Kos 2018 except from ll. 14, 17. Picture checked by Cenati 2026.
l. 14; pecasse, Migotti, Šašel Kos 2018
l. 17: valebit, , Migotti, Šašel Kos 2018

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Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 301 AD
Date (To) 400 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • language
  • formulae
  • palaeography

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Images

  • Funerary inscription from Aquae Balissae

    Funerary inscription from Aquae Balissae

    © Daruvar - Municipality, Foto: Ortolf Harl 2016 März

  • Funerary inscription from Aquae Balissae (detail upper part)

    Funerary inscription from Aquae Balissae (detail upper part)

    © Daruvar - Municipality, Foto: Ortolf Harl 2016 März

  • Funerary inscription from Aquae Balissae (detail lower part)

    Funerary inscription from Aquae Balissae (detail lower part)

    © Daruvar - Municipality, Foto: Ortolf Harl 2016 März

Editing History

Created 2026-08-28, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:16:41, ID there: HD050387
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:16
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-30 20:07
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-30 20:07
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-30 20:08
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-03-17 13:55
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-27 13:01
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-27 13:01
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-27 13:04
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-27 13:09
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-27 13:34
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-27 13:34
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-27 13:41
  13. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-08-28 09:43
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