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Occurrence 18021
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	+ ἔλαβε τέρμα βίβλος ἡ πολυδεύκους
	ἰουλίου καίσαρος κομμόδου χάριν·
	ἡ χεὶρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τ(ὴν) βίβλον
	οἰχήσεται ναὶ κἂν φθαρῆ καθὰ κόν(ις)·
	ὁ λαμβάνων δὲ τήνδε χερσὶν κ(αὶ) βλέπων,
	θάνατον εἰς νοῦν κ(αὶ) κρίσιν λαμβανέτω·
	μνήμην τε κἀμοῦ κἂν μακρὰ εἰμὶ λίαν·+

Type(s)	[2512] Ἔλαβε τέρμα βίβλος ἡ Πολυδεύκους (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2226 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 295v
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Julius Pollux' Onomasticon.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Patron-related epigram Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Julius Pollux of Naukratis < Egypt (2nd c.) Lucius Aurelius Commodus (31/08/161 - 31/12/192)
Comment	Lilla (1985: 302) gives only the first and last verse.
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.2226/0293
Bibliography	Primary S. Lilla, 1985, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 2162-2254 (codices Columnenses) (vol. 8), Vatican City: 302
Number of verses	7
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Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Nina Sietis. Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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