Titulus sepulcralis

Titulus sepulcralis

Description

Idno filename 22/01/0040
Type of inscription: Sepulcralis
Conservation status: Fragmentary on the right and possibly also at the top and bottom.
Lost

Location

Place of discovery: Found in 1924 in Arjona following the demolition of a house on Calle Teniente Ochando –still existing today under the same name– in the foundations of a house belonging to Sra. Elena Torres.
Geolocation

Location with Modern Nomenclature España / Jaén / Arjona
Location with Old Nomenclature Hispania / Baetica / Cordubensis / Urgavo

Chronology

Inscription's dating: The year 0
Dating explanation: The lack of data makes it impossible to propose a date.

Type of verse

Type of verse: Dactílico (ritmo)
Verse/line correspondence: Si
Prose/verse distinction: No

Epigraphic edition

dextera [‑ ‑ ‑]

nunc sc [‑ ‑ ‑]

hic Gracili [‑ ‑ ‑]

haec mea vita [‑ ‑ ‑]

5 dum loquor NIO [‑ ‑ ‑]

hac contentus hu [‑ ‑ ‑]

sit mihi terra levis [‑ ‑ ‑]

incipi SSA NICI [‑ ‑ ‑]

Text divided into verses and metric signs

– – – – – –

dextera [‑ ‑ ‑] lkx[…]

nunc sc[‑ ‑ ‑] l[…]

hic gracili[‑ ‑ ‑] lkk|x[…]

5 haec mea vita [‑ ‑ ‑] lkk|lx[…]

dum loquor [‑ ‑ ‑] lkx[…]

hac contentus hu[‑ ‑ ‑] ll|lkx[…]

sit mihi terra levis [‑ ‑ ‑] lkk|lkk|x[…]

incipi [‑ ‑ ‑] lkx[…]

10 – – – – – –

Translation

“…The right hand... now.... here Graceful?... this, my life... while I speak... happy with this... ‘may the earth rest lightly on me’…”

Bibliography

Morales Talero apud Cazabán 1924, 297 et 1957, 145–146 et 1968, 36 (inde García Serrano 1968, 589–590 [lectionibus a Mariner restitutis]; González Fernández, CILA III, 576; González Román, II2/7, 83; Martín Camacho, CLEB ES, J1); Cugusi 2012, 35. – Cf. Hernández Pérez 2001a, 150 et 243.

Apparatus

1 dexterra García Serrano. – 2 nunc ++ González Fernández. – 3 cracili Morales Talero; Gracili[s] González Fernández. – 4 haec mea vita [fuit] restituerunt Mariner et González Fernández. – 5 dum loquor into restituit Mariner. – 6–7 hac contentus [humo] sit mihi terra levis restituit Mariner; hac contentus [hic sum] restituit González Fernández. – 7 tibi Morales Talero. – 8 incipe [o]ssa [benequiescant] restituit Mariner; incipit [o]ssa [tua quiescant] restituit González Fernández.

Comentary

Dactylic rhythm (hexameters or distichs), with correct prosody assuming that
dextera (l. 1) and mea (l. 4) are nominatives, except perhaps in l. 5, where dum loquor
could form a cretic sequence if it is in fact followed by an <N>.
Ll. 1-2, dextera [- – -] / nunc [- – -]: l. 1 reference to the time when the deceased was
alive, as the following line begins with nunc, an adverb usually denoting the change of
state from life to death (cf. CLE 476,7; CLE 492,2; etc.). L. 3: hic Gracili[- – -] could
either be the name of the deceased (the formula of deictic + proper name is frequently
used to introduce the individual) or an adjective (cf. CLE 1339, 11) L. 6: common
variant for sit tibi terra leuis.

Link to DB

Author

Author:J. Martín Camacho
Last Update2024-02-25 17:48:41

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