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Transcription:
Mantua si posset divinum redder[e] vate[m] / inmensum miratus opus hic ceder[et] antro / adq(ue)(!) dolos Ithaci fl(a)mmas et lumen adem(p)tu[m] / semiferi somno pariter vinoque gravati / speluncas vivosq(ue) lacu[s Cy]clopea saxa / saevitiam Scyllae fract[amq(ue) in g]u[rgi]te pupp[im] / ipse fateretur nullo sic ca[rmine fingi] / vivas ut artificis express[it dextera formas] / quam sola exsuperat natur[ae ars ingeniumque] / Faustinus felix dominis ho[c condidit antri]

Majuscle:
MANTVA SI POSSET DIVINVM REDDER[ ] VATE[ ]
INMENSVM MIRATVS OPVS HIC CEDER[ ] ANTRO
ADQ DOLOS ITHACI FLMMAS ET LVMEN ADEMTV[ ]
SEMIFERI SOMNO PARITER VINOQVE GRAVATI
SPELVNCAS VIVOSQ LACV[ ]CLOPEA SAXA
SAEVITIAM SCYLLAE FRACT[ ]V[ ]TE PVPP[ ]
IPSE FATERETVR NVLLO SIC CA[ ]
VIVAS VT ARTIFICIS EXPRESS[ ]
QVAM SOLA EXSVPERAT NATVR[ ]
FAVSTINVS FELIX DOMINIS HO[ ]

Transcription	Majuscle
Mantua si posset divinum redder[e] vate[m]	MANTVA SI POSSET DIVINVM REDDER[ ] VATE[ ]
inmensum miratus opus hic ceder[et] antro	INMENSVM MIRATVS OPVS HIC CEDER[ ] ANTRO
adq(ue)(!) dolos Ithaci fl(a)mmas et lumen adem(p)tu[m]	ADQ DOLOS ITHACI FLMMAS ET LVMEN ADEMTV[ ]
semiferi somno pariter vinoque gravati	SEMIFERI SOMNO PARITER VINOQVE GRAVATI
speluncas vivosq(ue) lacu[s Cy]clopea saxa	SPELVNCAS VIVOSQ LACV[ ]CLOPEA SAXA
saevitiam Scyllae fract[amq(ue) in g]u[rgi]te pupp[im]	SAEVITIAM SCYLLAE FRACT[ ]V[ ]TE PVPP[ ]
ipse fateretur nullo sic ca[rmine fingi]	IPSE FATERETVR NVLLO SIC CA[ ]
vivas ut artificis express[it dextera formas]	VIVAS VT ARTIFICIS EXPRESS[ ]
quam sola exsuperat natur[ae ars ingeniumque]	QVAM SOLA EXSVPERAT NATVR[ ]
Faustinus felix dominis ho[c condidit antri]	FAVSTINVS FELIX DOMINIS HO[ ]

Literature:

• AE 1967, 0085.
• AE 1972, 0073.
• P. Cugusi, Per un nuovo corpus dei Carmina Latina Epigraphica. Materiale e discussioni, MAL 22 (Roma 2007) 31. 179.