4915 - Templa Acherusia from Mactaris - Henchir Ghayada
Description
Si quis honos vitae / est testis post mune/ra fati mortis sorte / cluet cum iam s(u)b fine / supremo aspicit infe/rnorum Acherusia te/mpla deorum secure/que videt strepitum / Acherontis avari na/mqu(e) egomet quod pio se/mper in corpore vixi Ely/sios teneo mites Proserpin/ae campos / lege deum solemq(ue) / super ac sidera novi Iulia / Mo(---) Benenata h(onesta) f(emina) vix(it) annis / in pace LXXXIII menses (!) X / h(ic) s(ita) e(st)
Code
4915
Title
4915 - Templa Acherusia from Mactaris - Henchir Ghayada
Text of the inscription
Si quis honos vitae / est testis post mune/ra fati mortis sorte / cluet cum iam s(u)b fine / supremo aspicit infe/rnorum Acherusia te/mpla deorum secure/que videt strepitum / Acherontis avari na/mqu(e) egomet quod pio se/mper in corpore vixi Ely/sios teneo mites Proserpin/ae campos / lege deum solemq(ue) / super ac sidera novi Iulia / Mo(---) Benenata h(onesta) f(emina) vix(it) annis / in pace LXXXIII menses (!) X / h(ic) s(ita) e(st)
Alternative text
Si quis honos vitae est testis post munera fati mortis sorte cluet cum iam sub fine supremo aspicit infernorum Acherusia templa deorum secureque videt strepitum Acherontis avari namque egomet quod pio semper in corpore vixi Elysios teneo mites Proserpinae campos lege deum solemque super ac sidera novi Iulia Mo Benenata honesta femina vixit annis in pace LXXXIII menses X hic sita est
Textual source
EDCS (adapted by J.C. López-Gómez)
Language
Latin
Number of deities
Indeterminate plural
Theonym 2
Onomastic attribute 2
Theonym 3
Institutions and individuals involved
1
Other individuals
Religious notabilia
Templa Acherusia / Campi Elysii / Lex deum / Sol super ac sidera
Location
Support
Mosaic
Size (cm)
180 x 65
AE
1948, 107; 1949, 84; 1950, 97; 1950, 204; 1952, 45; 1953, 193; 1954, 258; 2005, 161
Further bibliography
ICMactar II, 18; Zarker 78; CLEAfrique 28; CLEAfr II, 60
Last update
2022-01-09
