Merope Atlantis: Ancient Inscriptions

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Tom Elliott (tom.elliott@nyu.edu)

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February 08, 2010

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Eustata

Marlis1 posted a photo:

Eustata

this is probably the oldest Christian gravestone in Switzerland, it is made of red sandstone- and one of the few gravestones found for a woman. It is dated about 350 AD, and was found near Augst, the Roman Augusta Raurica.
# 1949.1505

www.augustaraurica.ch/e/menu/index.php

the inscription:
D(is) M(anibus) et memori(a)e ae/tern(a)e Eusstate/ coniugi dulci/sim(a)e qui visit/ann[os] LXV/Amatus/posuit

(Den Manen und dem ewigen Gedenken der Eustata.
För die vielgeliebte Gattin, welche 65 Jahre gelebt hat.
Amatus hat (den Stein) gesetzt.

Free translation:
For the 'Manen (Roman Death spirits) and the memory of Eustata. For the beloved wife, who lived 65 years. Amatus dedicated the stone.

In those early centuries, people apparently still held on to the old gods and spirits, while embracing the new Christian religion- .

February 03, 2010

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Gladiadors, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

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Gladiadors, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

Fragments of a commemorative relief of a gladiator's victories, a contraretiarius against retiarii called Pantheriscus), 3rd c. AD, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Rome.

Lluita de gladiadors, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

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Lluita de gladiadors, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

Fighting scenes between gladiators (Scolasticus and Damascenus). The letter Θ indicates that Damascenus died in the fight., a contraretiarius against retiarii called Improbus), Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Rome.

Lluites de gladiadors, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

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Lluites de gladiadors, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

Fragments of a commemorative relief of a gladiator's victories, a contraretiarius against retiarii called Improbus), 3rd c. AD, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Rome.

Copes de propaganda electoral a favor de Cató el Jove i de Catilina (63 a.C.)

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Copes de propaganda electoral a favor de Cató el Jove i de Catilina (63 a.C.)

Cups with inscriptions of electoral propaganda scratched on the inside for the elections of 63 BC. Right: Catiline, candidate for consul.
Left: Cato the Younger, candidate for tribune of the plebs.
Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Rome.
These cups, filled with food or drinks, were distributed in the streets to the people, and bore an inscription supporting the candidate to the election.

February 02, 2010

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O Boo

Cossue posted a photo:

O Boo

Sepulcher of Fernan Perez de Andrade o Boo, knight and lord of Andrade, in the church of St. Francis in Betanzos, Galicia. He was favored by king Henry (Enrique) of Castile with many favors and concessions, as it is said that Ferdinand (Fernand) played and important roll on the dead of his rival and predecessor king Pedro. An scribe who translated into Galician the 'Roman de Troie' wrote on this knight: 'Let's you know that this Fernan Perez was son of Roi Freire d'Andrade, and believe me when I say that at the time that this book was written he was the best man that there was in Galicia, except maybe for the counts and the richmen. And you must know that he had 200 cavalrymen, fully armed. He was lord of Corunna and Betanzos and of Pontedeume...'

The inscription in Galician language, which runs all around the ledge of the sepulcher, says:

'Aqui:jaz:Fernan:Perez:d'Andrade:cava
leiro:que:fezo:este:moesteiro:anno:do:nascemento
do:noso:sen
nor:Ihesu:Xp:de:M:et:CCC:et:oyteenta:et:sete:anos'

= 'Here lies Fernan Perez d'Andrade, knight who built this monastery. Year of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ of 1387 years.'

In the shield, the motto of the family (in Latin): 'Ave Maria Gracia Plena : Dominus'.

February 01, 2010

Spolia from Flickr

Spolia on the Palatine, with K

5telios posted a photo:

Spolia on the Palatine, with K

K is sitting in the middle of a bunch of spolia spread out in a courtyard on the Palatine. The Palatine was home to the villas of Caesar and later the palace of Augustus. Palace is linked etymologically to the word Palatine. Spring 2007, Nikkormat El with a 28mm nikkor.

January 28, 2010

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr

inscription on the mausoleum of Munatius Plancus

Marlis1 posted a photo:

inscription on the mausoleum of Munatius Plancus

this is a copy of the inscription on the mausoleum of Munatius Plancus in Gaeta, . He was the founder of Augusta Raurica, Kaiseraugst in Switzerland. This is a copy at the museum in Augst.
Lucius Munatius Plancus was born in Tibur in 87BC and died in Gaeta in 15BC.

the life of Munatius Plancus:
209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:DAIp_jcmeUcJ:en.wikipedia.o...


209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:qAm5_EhjKYUJ:penelope.uchic...
the inscription- from the above website:

Lucius · MVNATIVS · Lucii · Filius · Lucii · Nepos · Lucii · PRONepos
PLANCVS · COnSul · CENSor · IMPerator · ITERum · VIIVIR
EPVLONum · TRIVMPhator · EX · RAETIS · AEDEM · SATVRNI
FECIT · DE · MANIBIS · AGRO · DIVISIT · IN · ITALIA
BENEVENTI · IN · GALLIA · COLONIAS · DEDVXIT
LVGDVNVM · ET · RAVRICAM
Translation:
Lucius Munatius Plancus, son of Lucius, grandson of Lucius, great-grandson of Lucius,
consul, censor, twice imperator, septemvir epulonum,
having triumphed over the Raetians,
built the temple of Saturn from the spoils;
parcelled out land in Italy at Beneventum;
and in Gaul, founded the colonies of Lugdunum and Raurica.

CILX.6087

Roman inscription

Marlis1 posted a photo:

Roman inscription

this dedication to the god Mercury was found in Augusta Raurica, one of the Roman city in Switzerland.
This is for a special interest group.
Augusta website:
www.augustaraurica.ch/e/menu/index.php



CIL13,05258=RISch-02,00203=AE 1894,0038

The inscription reads as follows:

[Mer]cur(io) / M(arcus) e[t Q(uintus) Sa]nuci Atti / Sanuc[i f]ili Quir(ina) Mes/sor et Maelo ex voto / quod [p]ater eorum / [su]sceperat

for Mercury-
Marcus Sanucius Messor and Quintus Sanucius Melo-
to fullfill a promise made by their father.

January 26, 2010

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Vester Broby, Sjælland, apse, vault paintings

groenling posted a photo:

Vester Broby, Sjælland, apse, vault paintings

paintings from 1150 - 1175 ; "Majestas Domini" ; surface partly raised & gilt

Vester Broby, Sjælland, apse, vault, detail

groenling posted a photo:

Vester Broby, Sjælland, apse, vault, detail

paintings from 1150 - 1175 ; "Majestas Domini"

January 25, 2010

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr

IMG_0126

Jens Vermeersch posted a photo:

IMG_0126

Ancona, Museo Archeologico Nazionale della Marche
Stele of Sesto Tizio Primo
Inscription:
Sex(tus) Titius, Sex(ti) l(iberti), Primis
Vlvir
Lucaniae Benignae
concubinae
Titiae chrieste libertae
Chloe delicium

CIL 11, 06176 (p 1398) = AE 1985, 00371
Found in Castelleone di Suasa, First century AD

January 17, 2010

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr

Fíbula de Preneste, presumptament l'escrit en llatí més antic, si no és una falsificació (s. VII a.C.?), Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Fíbula de Preneste, presumptament l'escrit en llatí més antic, si no és una falsificació (s. VII a.C.?), Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

Praeneste fibula, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Rome.

The inscription is presumably the earliest surviving specimen of the Latin language, if it is not a forgery, thought from the 7th century BCE. ILS 8561.

MANIOS MED FHEFHAKED NVMASIOI "Manius fashioned me for Numerius". (Writed from right to left)

Fíbula de Preneste, presumptament la inscripció llatina més antiga, si no és una falsificació (s. VII a.C.?), Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Fíbula de Preneste, presumptament la inscripció llatina més antiga, si no és una falsificació (s. VII a.C.?), Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

Praeneste fibula, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Rome.

The inscription is presumably the earliest surviving specimen of the Latin language, if it is not a forgery, thought from the 7th century BCE. ILS 8561.

MANIOS MED FHEFHAKED NVMASIOI "Manius fashioned me for Numerius". (Writed from right to left)

Collar d'esclau, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Collar d'esclau, Museo Nazionale Romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Roma

Slave collar, AD 4th-6th century, Museo nazionale romano nelle Terme di Diocleziano, Rome.

The inscription requests whoever should see the would-be runaway, on whose collar it was attached. to stop him and bring him back to his owner, Zoninus, with the promise of an money reward, that is a gold coin.

FVGI, TENE ME, CVM REVOCAVERIS M(EO) D(OMINO) ZONINO ACCIPIS SOLIDVM
(ILS 8731).
I have fled, hold me; when you bring me back to my master Zoninus you receive a solidus [gold coin].

January 16, 2010

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr

Roman inscription

Marlis1 posted a photo:

Roman inscription

sorry I am having some upload issues-

this is a Roman gravestone that was used to rebuild the Suda- probably before a siege in the Middle Ages- ...it on its side and it is visible from the street- IF one walks past with open eyes,LOL. I have only just recently discovered it.
It is from the 2nd cent. AD. and it is a dedication by Porcia Eufrosina for her husband Aulus Caecilius Cubiclarus of Dertosa (the Roman name for Tortosa). (info museum)

the location of the gravestone:
www.flickr.com/photos/marialuisa/4278974885/in/set-720575...

January 12, 2010

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Spartan inscription

peli01 posted a photo:

Spartan inscription

An inscription on one of the remaining walls. Can anyone translate?

January 11, 2010

Spolia from Flickr

Castel Sant'Angelo (Mausoleu d'Adrià), Roma

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Castel Sant'Angelo (Mausoleu d'Adrià), Roma

Bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo, ancient Mausoleum of Hadrian, Rome.

January 07, 2010

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Fastos consulars capitolins, Musei Capitolini, Roma

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Fastos consulars capitolins, Musei Capitolini, Roma

Fasti consulares, Musei Capitolini, Rome.

Deposited in 1547 in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Capitoline Hill. Michaelangelo, who designed the complex of three palaces on the hill, also restored the tables of the Fasti.

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr

Safo, Musei Capitolini, Roma

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Safo, Musei Capitolini, Roma

Sappho. Bust inscribed Sappho of Eressos, Roman copy of a Greek original of the 5th century BC. Musei Capitolini, Rome.

January 06, 2010

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr

carrying

~ Martin ~ posted a photo:

carrying

Hildesheim, Germany, Cathedral. Personification of one of the four streams of paradise, carrying a bronze baptismal font, 13th century.

January 04, 2010

December 29, 2009

December 21, 2009

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr

Rome 411

habbie posted a photo:

Rome 411

An inscription currently between the Curia and Basilica Aemelia but not in situ

December 20, 2009

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #1

groenling posted a photo:

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #1

nativity ;
it's interesting to compare these with the stalls at Ringsted www.flickr.com/photos/ana_sudani/sets/72157622027093725/

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #2

groenling posted a photo:

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #2

visit of the magi ;
it's interesting to compare these with the stalls at Ringsted www.flickr.com/photos/ana_sudani/sets/72157622027093725/

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #3

groenling posted a photo:

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #3

circumcision ;
it's interesting to compare these with the stalls at Ringsted www.flickr.com/photos/ana_sudani/sets/72157622027093725/

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #4

groenling posted a photo:

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #4

massacre of the holy innocents ;
it's interesting to compare these with the stalls at Ringsted www.flickr.com/photos/ana_sudani/sets/72157622027093725/

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #5

groenling posted a photo:

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #5

parable told by St. Luke 7, 40 :
Et respondens Jesus, dixit ad illum : Simon, habeo tibi aliquid dicere. At ille ait : Magister, dic. .... ;
it's interesting to compare these with the stalls at Ringsted www.flickr.com/photos/ana_sudani/sets/72157622027093725/

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #6

groenling posted a photo:

Roskilde, Sjælland, Domkirke, stalls, canopies, north side, #6

raising of Lazarus ;
it's interesting to compare these with the stalls at Ringsted www.flickr.com/photos/ana_sudani/sets/72157622027093725/

December 19, 2009

Spolia from Flickr

Stele funeraria

Winter Guest posted a photo:

Stele funeraria

Cagliari, Necropoli di San Saturnino

Stele funeraria

Winter Guest posted a photo:

Stele funeraria

Cagliari, Necropoli di San Saturnino

Stele funeraria

Winter Guest posted a photo:

Stele funeraria

Cagliari, Necropoli di San Saturnino

December 15, 2009

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr

Conques - Sainte-Foy Abbey - The Last Judgment Tympanum - The Heavenly Jerusalem

sgparry posted a photo:

Conques - Sainte-Foy Abbey - The Last Judgment Tympanum - The Heavenly Jerusalem

Under the twin towers, Abraham sits and holds two children in his arms, and is surrounded by pairs of figures: the Good Virgins, the martyrs, the prophets and the apostles. With the original colors, this must have been dazzling.