Fragmentary Latin inscription possibly referring to martyrs whose names are lost. Found in the lower part of the Cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia, Rome. Probably late 3rd or early 4th c.
Evidence ID
E04732
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)
[- - -]turi et [- - -]
[- - - S]everes [- - -]
1. perhaps mar]turi
'[- - -] martyrs (?) [- - -] Severes [- - -].'
Text: ICVR, n.s., IV, no. 10182 = EDB122.
Cult PlacesBurial site of a saint - tomb/grave
Non Liturgical ActivityCeremonies at burial of a saint
Burial site of a saint - tomb/grave
Burial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Burial site of a saint - cemetery/catacomb
Non Liturgical ActivityCeremonies at burial of a saint
Burial ad sanctos
Source
Two conjoining fragments of a marble plaque. Preserved dimensions: H. 0.22 m; W. 0.25 m. Letter height 0.03 m.Recorded by Giovanni Battista de Rossi in the Cemetery of Callixtus, in cubiculum Ac. First published by Antonio Ferrua in 1964, from a squeeze by de Rossi.
Discussion
The inscription may refer to some martyrs ('[mar]turi') buried in the Cemetery of Callixtus, though this interpretation is of course very hypothetical.Dating: Antonio Felle (in EDB) dates the inscription to the very late 3rd or early 4th c., that is within the timeframe of the persecutions under the Tetrarchs.
Bibliography
Edition:Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB122, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/122
De Rossi, G.B., Ferrua, A. (eds.) Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores, n.s., vol. 4: Coemeteria inter Vias Appiam et Ardeatinam (Vatican: Pont. Institutum Archaeologiae Christianae, 1964), no. 10182.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
26/01/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00060 | Martyrs, unnamed or name lost | Uncertain | S01744 | Saints, name lost or very partially preserved | Uncertain |
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