Latin, Funerary / Marble

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0824
Object Name: Latin, Funerary
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Object Category: Inscription
Object Type: Inscriptions on stone
Full Artifact Description: Flat grave marker. Very small and shallow lettering. A few slightly rusticated forms (M and A) Much irregularity in size and spacing. Tall I. Some curvilinear elements (e.g. T cross-bars, long q tails) Open P’s . Nail holes at upper left and lower right corners. Back is dressed flat, not smooth. Top and side edges smooth. Very light chipping, some stains.
Cultures: Roman
Subjects: undecorated
Materials: Marble
Inscription Text: HOSPES VT NOSCERE POSSIS
BRISEIS MIHI NOMEN ADEPTVM FVT QVATER
SEPTENOS NON DVM COMPLEVERS MENSES SED
MEA FATA INQVA FVERE TATA NEC PLVERESANNOS
VT VIVERE POSSEM MORS INMATVRA AB
RIPVIT ME A PARENTIBVS ALBANO MEO

Metrical Transcription:
Hospes, ut noscere possis,
Briseis mihi nomen adeptu, fuit.
Quarter septenos non dum complevera menses,
sed mea fata miqu iniqua fuere, tata,
Nex plures annos ut vivere possem,
Mors inmatura adripuit me a parentibus.
Inscription Translation: Stranger, so that you can know,; the name Briseis was won for me.; Four and seven months I had not yet completed,; but my fates were unfair, daddy,; nor for more years (was it permitted )that I be able to live.; Premature death snatched me from my parents.; To my Albanus.

Measurements

Width: 36.8 cm
Height: 19.0 cm
Thickness: 2.7 cm

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Some New Inscriptions from Puteoli, Bauae, Misenum and Cumae

American Journal of Archaeology. Dennison, W.. 1898.
Exhibitions: The Beginning of Understanding: Writing in the Ancient World. 1991.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0824
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0824/0000_00_0824p01.tif

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Full citation: "Latin, Funerary; Marble." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0824/0000_00_0824p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2024.