Cross with a Latin votive inscription for *Iusta and Rufina (martyrs of Seville, S02099), a piece from the treasure found in Torredonjimeno (southern Hispania), 7th century.
Evidence ID
E07490
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Inscribed objects
Cross in the Torredonjimeno treasure:
(crux) Offe
ret
Iaba
sta S(a)nc(t)e Iuste
et
Rofine
A N
'(cross) Iabasta offers [this cross] to saint Justa and Rufina A N'
Text: HEp 18, 178 following Velázquez 2009.
Translation: M. Szada.
Non Liturgical ActivityCrosses
Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Cult Related ObjectsCrosses
Inscription
Source
The inscription is on a silver gilded cross with a suspension hook, a part of the so-called treasure of Torredonjimeno (southern Spain), a group of silver and gold objects dated to the seventh century. The cross was probably a part of a votive crown, similar to those which belong to the famous treasure of Guarrazar (see E07461, E07464).Dimensions of the cross: 6,5 cm x 6,8 cm. The fragments of the cross are now in Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Córdoba and Museo de Arquelogia de Cataluña.
Discussion
The treasure was found in Torredonjimeno, near Jaen in southern Hispania (80 km east from Cordoba) in 1926. Its provenance has been debated. Because the pieces have been dedicated to the Sevillan martyrs, some scholars argued that the treasure came from the basilica of Justa and Rufina in Seville. Supposedly, it ended up in realtively distant Torredonjimeno having been evacuated during the 8th-century Arabic invasion. However, there is no evidence to support this theory and the treasure might come from a local church dedicated to those saints, possibly in the episcopal city of Tucci (Castillo Maldonado 2003: 61-62).Bibliography
Editions:Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum II2 p. 5: Conventus Astigitanus, ed. A. U. Stylow et al. (Berlin 1998), no. 170, 175
Hispania Epigraphica vol. 18 (2012), no. 178
M. Pastor Muñoz, Corpus de inscripciones latinas de Andalucía, vol. 4 (Granada, Sevilla 2002), no. 531, 534, 536a
J. Vives, Inscripciones Cristianas de la España Romana y Visigoda (Barcelona 19692), no. 384, 385c, 387a
Online:
Archivo Epigráfico de Hispania Antiguo y Medieval, no. 2001 (http://hesperia.ucm.es/consulta_aehtam), with further bibliography
Further reading:
Castillo Maldonado, Pedro, "El culto a las mártires Justa y Rufina y el Tesoro de Torredonjimeno", in: Torredonjimeno. Tresor, monarquia i liturgia. Exposició (Barcelona 2003), 55-67
Velázquez, Isabel "Las Inscripciones" [in:] El Tesoro Visigodo de Torredonjimeno, ed. Alicia Perea, (Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2009), pp. 263-266.
Images
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Perea 2009: 116–118
Record Created By
Marta Szada
Date of Entry
31/07/2024
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S02099 | Iusta and Rufina, martyrs of Seville | Iusta et Rofina | Certain |
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