Two fragments of Latin epitaphs recording burials ad martyres /ad sanctos. Found in the lower part of the Cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia, Rome. Probably 5th c.
Evidence ID
E04735
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Archaeological and architectural - Cult buildings (churches, mausolea)
Inscription 1:
[--- fecit] sibi ad b[eatum ---]
'[- - - made] for himself/herself (this tomb) next to the blessed (?) [- - -].'
Inscription 2:
[---]me ad mart[yres ---]
'[- - -] next to the martyrs [- - -].'
Text: ICVR, n.s., IV, no. 10352 = EDB40956 and EDB40957.
Cult PlacesBurial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Non Liturgical Activity
Burial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Burial site of a saint - tomb/grave
Burial site of a saint - cemetery/catacomb
Non Liturgical ActivityBurial ad sanctos
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesOther lay individuals/ people
Source
Two fragments of marble plaques, broken and lost on all sides. Fragment A: H. 0.21 m; W. 0.24 m; Th. 0.045 m. Letter height 0.04 m. Fragment B: H. 0.10 m; W. 0.20 m; Th. unknown. Letter height 0.035 m.Fragment B was found by Giovanni Battista de Rossi in area A of the lower part of the cemetery of Callixtus. First published by Antonio Ferrua in 1964 from a squeeze by de Rossi. Ferrua could not find the stone, which is probably lost. Fragment A was recorded by Antonio Ferrua in area C3. Both fragments were published together by Ferrua in 1964, but they are unconnected. Included in the collection of Roman inscription referring to the cult of saints by Paola de Santis (2010).
Discussion
The inscriptions record burials close the tomb of a saint and/or martyrs whose names are lost.Dating: Marida Pierno (in EDB) dates the inscriptions to the 5th c.; Paola De Santis (2012) dates Inscription 2 to the same period, and says that Inscription 1 cannot be confidently dated.
Bibliography
Edition:Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB40956, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/40957
Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB40956, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/40957
De Santis, P., Sanctorum monumenta. 'Aree sacre' del suburbio di Roma nella documentazione epigrafica (IV-VII secolo) (Bari: Edipuglia, 2010), 213, no. 61, and 214, no. 65.
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. 10352A-b.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
27/01/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00060 | Martyrs, unnamed or name lost | martyres | Certain | S00518 | Saints, unnamed | Certain | S01744 | Saints, name lost or very partially preserved | Certain |
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